28 Quotes by Antisthenes

It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead - these the living.

Royalty does good and is badly spoken of.

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.

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.

The most necessary learning is that which unlearns evil.

The advantages of philosophy? That I am able to hold converse with myself.

How to get rid of having anything to unlearn.

As rust corrupts iron, so envy corrupts man.

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 .