“Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.”
“The investigation of the meaning of words is the beginning of education.”
“The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.”
“As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.”
“I'd rather be mad than feel pleasure.”
“It is a royal privilege to do good and be ill spoken of.”
“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.”
“Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.”
“Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning.”
Antisthenes ... was asked on one occasion what learning was the most necessary, and he replied, "To unlearn one's bad habits." - From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius -
“Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.”
“Virtue is the same for a man and for a woman.”
“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.”
“States are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad.”
“Antisthenes ... used to say that the wise man would regulate his conduct as a citizen, not according to the established laws of the state, but according to the law of virtue.” - Diogenes -
“It is better to fight with a few good men against all the wicked, than with many wicked men against a few good men.”
“Wealth and poverty do not lie in a person's estate, but in their souls.”
When he was asked what advantage had accrued to him from philosophy, his answer was, “The ability to hold converse with myself.”
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