Famous Quotes / Antisthenes
7 Quotations by Antisthenes
- 1. As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.
- 2. Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.
- 3. Pay attention to your enemies for they are the first to discover your mistakes.
- 4. Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.
- 5. The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.
- 6. There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself -- an enemy who has lost his tem ...
- 7. We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for a madman is not cured by another r ...