Top 23 Quotes & Sayings by Antisthenes

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Greek philosopher Antisthenes.

Last updated on December 18, 2024.

Antisthenes was 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.

Greek - Philosopher | 444 BC - 371 BC

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

Antisthenes

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

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

Antisthenes

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

Antisthenes

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

Antisthenes

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.

Antisthenes

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

Antisthenes

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

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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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As rust corrupts iron, so envy corrupts man.

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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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I'd rather be mad than feel pleasure.

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

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Royalty does good and is badly spoken of.

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