Superstition Quotes by Theophrastus

Anaximenes ... also says that the underlying nature is one and infinite ... but not undefined as Anaximander said but definite, for he identifies…

— Theophrastus

I would define boastfulness to be the pretension to good which the boaster does not possess.

— Theophrastus

The man of petty ambition if invited to dinner will be eager to be set next his host.

— Theophrastus

True friends visit us in prosperity only when invited, but in adversity they come without invitation.

— Theophrastus

If you are an ignorant man, you are acting wisely; but if you have had any education, you are behaving like a fool.

— Theophrastus

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

Waste of time is the most extravagant and costly of all expenses.

— Theophrastus

One may define flattery as a base companionship which is most advantageous to the flatterer.

— Theophrastus

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

We must consider the distinctive characters and the general nature of plants from the point of view of their morphology , their behavior under…

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Superstition would seem to be simply cowardice in regard to the supernatural.

— Theophrastus

Ah, yes, superstition: it would appear to be cowardice in face of the supernatural.

— Theophrastus

Alcmaeon was the first to define the difference between man and animals, saying that man differs from the latter in the fact that he…

— Theophrastus

Our costliest expenditure is time.

— Theophrastus

Love is the affection of a mind that has nothing better to engage it.

— Theophrastus