Antisthenes Quotes

#1. Wealth and poverty do not lie in a man's estate, but in men's souls. - Author: Antisthenes

#2. Royalty does good and is badly spoken of. - Author: Antisthenes

#3. How to get rid of having anything to unlearn. - Author: Antisthenes

#4. I am sadly afraid that I must have done some wicked thing. - Author: Antisthenes

#5. As rust corrupts iron, so envy corrupts man. - Author: Antisthenes

#6. It is a royal privilege to do good and be ill spoken of. - Author: Antisthenes

#7. The investigation of the meaning of words is the beginning of education. - Author: Antisthenes

#8. When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life. - Author: Antisthenes

#9. We weed out the darnel from the corn and the unfit in war, but do not excuse evil men from the service of the state. - Author: Antisthenes

#10. To all my friends without distinction I am ready to display my opulence: come one, come all; and whosoever likes to take a share is welcome to the wealth that lies within my soul. - Author: Antisthenes

#11. The most valuable skill we can learn in our lives is to unlearn what is untrue. - Author: Antisthenes

#12. Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive. - Author: Antisthenes

#13. Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning. - Author: Antisthenes

#14. States are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad. - Author: Antisthenes

#15. I'd rather be mad than feel pleasure. - Author: Antisthenes

#16. The most necessary learning is that which unlearns evil. - Author: Antisthenes

#17. Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults. - Author: Antisthenes

#18. It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead - these the living. - Author: Antisthenes

#19. The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue. - Author: Antisthenes

#20. Virtue . . . is the same for men and for women. - Author: Antisthenes

#21. Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes. - Author: Antisthenes

#22. It is better to fall in with crows than with flatterers; for in the one case you are devoured when dead , in the other case while alive . - Author: Antisthenes

#23. The advantages of philosophy? That I am able to hold converse with myself. - Author: Antisthenes