Antisthenes Quotes
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Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.
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Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning.
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Wealth and poverty do not lie in a man's estate, but in men's souls.
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Royalty does good and is badly spoken of.
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We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for a madman is not cured by another running mad also.
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States are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad.
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It is a royal privilege to do good and be ill spoken of.
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I'd rather be mad than feel pleasure.
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As rust corrupts iron, so envy corrupts man.
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The most necessary learning is that which unlearns evil.
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How to get rid of having anything to unlearn.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I am sadly afraid that I must have done some wicked thing.
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Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.
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As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.
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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.
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The investigation of the meaning of words is the beginning of education.
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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.
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It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead - these the living.
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The advantages of philosophy? That I am able to hold converse with myself.
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When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life.
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