John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. Page 901
Seneca. (c. 3 B.C.–A.D.65) 8702 Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue. 1 Hercules Furens. i. 1, 255. 8703 A good man possesses a kingdom. 2 Thyestes. 380. 8704 I do not distinguish by the eye, but by the mind, which is the proper judge of the man. 3 On a Happy Life. 2. (L’Estrange’s Abstract, Chap. i.) Phaedrus. (fl. 1st cent. A.D.) 8705 Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you. Book i. Fable 2, 31. 8706 He who covets what belongs to another deservedly loses his own. Book i. Fable 4, 1. 8707 That it is unwise to be heedless ourselves while we are giving advice to others, I will show in a few lines. Book i. Fable 9, 1. 8708 Whoever has even once become notorious by base fraud, even if he speaks the truth, gains no belief. Book i. Fable 10, 1. 8709 By this story [The Fox and the Raven] it is shown how much ingenuity avails, and how wisdom is always an overmatch for strength. Book i. Fable 13, 13. 8710 No one returns with good-will to the place which has done him a mischief. Book i. Fable 18, 1. 8711 It has been related that dogs drink at the river Nile running along, that they may not be seized by the crocodiles. 4 Book i. Fable 25, 3.
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