Antisthenes Quotations

Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning.

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

The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.

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.

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

Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.

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

I am sadly afraid that I must have done some wicked thing.

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

Royalty does good and is badly spoken of.

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.

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 most necessary learning is that which unlearns evil.

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

How to get rid of having anything to unlearn.

As rust corrupts iron, so envy corrupts man.

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 .

I'd rather be mad than feel pleasure.

States are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad.

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

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

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

It is a royal privilege to do good and be ill spoken of.