Antisthenes
Antisthenes
Antistheneswas a Greek philosopher and a pupil of Socrates. Antisthenes first learned rhetoric under Gorgias before becoming an ardent disciple of Socrates. He adopted and developed the ethical side of Socrates' teachings, advocating an ascetic life lived in accordance with virtue. Later writers regarded him as the founder of Cynic philosophy...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPhilosopher
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Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.
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As rust corrupts iron, so envy corrupts man.
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Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.
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When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life.
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Wealth and poverty do not lie in a man's estate, but in men's souls.
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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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The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.
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Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning.
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It is a royal privilege to do good and be ill spoken of.
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The investigation of the meaning of words is the beginning of education.
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I'd rather be mad than feel pleasure.
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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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States are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad.
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How to get rid of having anything to unlearn.