Antisthenes
As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.Collection: Jealousy
Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.Collection: Wedding
There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly.Collection: Truth
Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning.Collection: Learning
The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.Collection: Learning
Wealth and poverty do not lie in a man's estate, but in men's souls.Collection: Happiness
The investigation of the meaning of words is the beginning of education.Collection: Clarity
It is a royal privilege to do good and be ill spoken of.Collection: Royal
It is better to fall in with crows than with flatterers; for in the one case you are devoured when dead, in the other case while alive.Collection: Fall
States are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad.Collection: Men
Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.Collection: Inspirational
The advantages of philosophy? That I am able to hold converse with myself.Collection: Philosophy
When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life.Collection: Brother
As rust corrupts iron, so envy corrupts man.Collection: Men
We weed out the darnel from the corn and the unfit in war, but do not excuse evil men from the service of the state.Collection: Weed
To all my friends without distinction I am ready to display my opulence: come one, come all; and whosoever likes to take a share is welcome to the wealth that lies within my soul.Collection: Lying
Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.Collection: Business
The most necessary learning is that which unlearns evil.Collection: Learning
I'd rather be mad than feel pleasure.Collection: Mad
It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead - these the living.Collection: Life
I am sadly afraid that I must have done some wicked thing.Collection: Wicked
How to get rid of having anything to unlearn.Collection: Unlearn
Royalty does good and is badly spoken of.Collection: Doe