Afraid Wicked Quotes by Antisthenes

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

— Antisthenes

I'd rather be mad than feel pleasure.

— Antisthenes

There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend…

— Antisthenes

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

— Antisthenes

“Virtue . . . is the same for men and for women.”

— Antisthenes

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

— Antisthenes

It is better to fall in with crows than with flatterers; for in the one case you are devoured when dead, in the other…

— Antisthenes

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

— Antisthenes

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

— Antisthenes

As rust corrupts iron, so envy corrupts man.

— Antisthenes

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

— Antisthenes

Royalty does good and is badly spoken of.

— Antisthenes