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> [As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antisthenes/as-iron-is-eaten-away-by-rust-so-the-envious-are-consumed-by-their/)

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## More by Antisthenes

> [Wealth and poverty do not lie in a man's estate, but in men's souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antisthenes/wealth-and-poverty-do-not-lie-in-a-man-s-estate-but-in-men-s-souls/)

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> [I'd rather be mad than feel pleasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antisthenes/i-d-rather-be-mad-than-feel-pleasure/)

[Antisthenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antisthenes/)

> [There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antisthenes/there-are-only-two-people-who-can-tell-you-the-truth-about-yourself/)

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> [The investigation of the meaning of words is the beginning of education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antisthenes/the-investigation-of-the-meaning-of-words-is-the-beginning-of/)

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> [“Virtue . . . is the same for men and for women.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antisthenes/virtue-is-the-same-for-men-and-for-women/)

[Antisthenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antisthenes/)

> [The advantages of philosophy? That I am able to hold converse with myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antisthenes/the-advantages-of-philosophy-that-i-am-able-to-hold-converse-with/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antisthenes/it-is-better-to-fall-in-with-crows-than-with-flatterers-for-in-the/)

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> [As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antisthenes/as-iron-is-eaten-away-by-rust-so-the-envious-are-consumed-by-their/)

[Antisthenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antisthenes/)

> [I am sadly afraid that I must have done some wicked thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antisthenes/i-am-sadly-afraid-that-i-must-have-done-some-wicked-thing/)

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> [As rust corrupts iron, so envy corrupts man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antisthenes/as-rust-corrupts-iron-so-envy-corrupts-man/)

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> [States are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antisthenes/states-are-doomed-when-they-are-unable-to-distinguish-good-men-from/)

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> [Royalty does good and is badly spoken of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antisthenes/royalty-does-good-and-is-badly-spoken-of/)

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> [Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antisthenes/observe-your-enemies-for-they-first-find-out-your-faults/)

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> [We weed out the darnel from the corn and the unfit in war, but do not excuse evil men from the service of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antisthenes/we-weed-out-the-darnel-from-the-corn-and-the-unfit-in-war-but-do-not/)

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> [The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antisthenes/the-most-useful-piece-of-learning-for-the-uses-of-life-is-to-unlearn/)

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