Love is the affection of a mind that has nothing better to engage it. — 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 it as air; and it differs in its substantial nature by rarity and density. Being made finer it becomes fire; being made thicker it becomes wind, then cloud, then (when thickened still more) water, then earth,… — Theophrastus Copy Share
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
