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Men in however high a station ought to fear the humble.

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Phaedrus

Phaedrus (c. 15 BCE - c. AD 50), Roman fabulist, was probably a Thracian slave, born in Pydna of Macedonia (Roman province) and lived in the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius, Gaius and Claudius. He is recognized as the first writer to Latinize entire books of fables, using the iambic metre Greek prose of the Aesop tales

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    يجب على الرجال مهما كان مكانهم مرتفع أن يخافوا من التواضع.

    les hommes, si élevés qu'ils soient, doivent craindre les humbles.

    Ne kadar yüksek bir istasyondaki erkekler alçakgönüllülükten korkmalıdır.

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