The man of petty ambition if invited to dinner will be eager to be set next his host. — Theophrastus Copy Share Image
True friends visit us in prosperity only when invited, but in adversity they come without invitation. — Theophrastus Copy Share Image
Anaximenes ... also says that the underlying nature is one and infinite ... but not undefined as Anaximander said but definite, for he identifies… — Theophrastus Copy Share Image
I would define boastfulness to be the pretension to good which the boaster does not possess. — Theophrastus Copy Share Image
The man of petty ambition if invited to dinner will be eager to be set next his host. — Theophrastus Copy Share Image
True friends visit us in prosperity only when invited, but in adversity they come without invitation. — Theophrastus Copy Share Image
If you are an ignorant man, you are acting wisely; but if you have had any education, you are behaving like a fool. — Theophrastus Copy Share Image
Remember that life holds out many pleasing deceits to us by the vanity of glory; for that when we are beginning to live, then… — Theophrastus Copy Share Image
One may define flattery as a base companionship which is most advantageous to the flatterer. — Theophrastus Copy Share Image
Slovenliness is a lazy and beastly negligence of a man's own person, whereby he becomes so sordid as to be offensive to those about… — Theophrastus Copy Share Image
We must consider the distinctive characters and the general nature of plants from the point of view of their morphology , their behavior under… — Theophrastus Copy Share Image
Superstition would seem to be simply cowardice in regard to the supernatural. — Theophrastus Copy Share Image
Ah, yes, superstition: it would appear to be cowardice in face of the supernatural. — Theophrastus Copy Share Image
