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  • Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.

    Life  
    "Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers". Book by Diogenes Laërtius,
  • Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning.

  • Wealth and poverty do not lie in a man's estate, but in men's souls.

  • Royalty does good and is badly spoken of.

  • We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for a madman is not cured by another running mad also.

    "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations". Pp. 779-80, 1922.
  • States are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad.

    "Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers" by Diogenes Laërtius, (§ 5),
  • It is a royal privilege to do good and be ill spoken of.

    "Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers" by Diogenes Laërtius, (§ 3),
  • I'd rather be mad than feel pleasure.

    "Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers" by Diogenes Laërtius, (§ 3),
  • As rust corrupts iron, so envy corrupts man.

  • The most necessary learning is that which unlearns evil.

  • How to get rid of having anything to unlearn.

    "Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers" by Diogenes Laërtius, (§ 7),
  • 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.

    "Symposium" by Xenophon, (iv. 35),
  • 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.

    "Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers" by Diogenes Laërtius, (§ 4),
  • The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.

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  • Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.

    "Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers (§ 12)". Book by Diogenes Laertius, circa 200 AD.
  • I am sadly afraid that I must have done some wicked thing.

    "Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers (Book 6: The Cynics)". Book by Diogenes Laertius, circa 200 AD.
  • Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.

  • As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.

    "Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers (§ 5)". Book by Diogenes Laertius, circa 200 AD.
  • 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.

  • The investigation of the meaning of words is the beginning of education.

    "Discourses of Epictetus". Book by Arrian, I, 17,
  • There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly.

  • It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead - these the living.

    Life  
  • The advantages of philosophy? That I am able to hold converse with myself.

  • When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life.

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Antisthenes

  • Born: 445 BC
  • Died: 365 BC
  • Occupation: Philosopher