Frasi di Antistene

“Stai attento ai nemici, perché essi per primi si accorgono degli errori tuoi.”

Origine: Citato in 2005, VI, 12.

“Possa io diventare pazzo, piuttosto che provare piacere.”

“Nel lusso possano vivere i figli dei nemici.”

“Gli invidiosi sono divorati dal loro proprio carattere come il ferro dalla ruggine.”

Origine: Citato in 2005, VI, 8.

“È assurdo scegliere il loglio e levarlo via dal grano e fare così anche in guerra con quelli che non servono, e invece nella vita politica non scartare i malvagi.”

Origine: Citato in 2005, VI, 5.

“The investigation of the meaning of words is the beginning of education.”

Antistene: Frasi in inglese

“Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.”

Arrian, Discourses of Epictetus, i. 17

“Being asked what learning is the most necessary, he replied, "How to get rid of having anything to unlearn."”

§ 12
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius

“Once, when he was applauded by rascals, he remarked, "I am horribly afraid I have done something wrong."”

§ 7
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius

“Antisthenes … used to say that the wise man would regulate his conduct as a citizen, not according to the established laws of the state, but according to the law of virtue.”

§ 5
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius

“Antisthenes … said once to a youth from Pontus who was on the point of coming to him to be his pupil, and was asking him what things he wanted, "You want a new book, and a new pen, and a new tablet;" - meaning a new mind.”

§ 5
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius

“Wealth and poverty do not lie in a person's estate, but in their souls.”

§ 4
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius

“I have enough to eat till my hunger is stayed, to drink till my thirst is sated; to clothe myself withal; and out of doors not Callias there, with all his riches, is more safe than I from shivering; and when I find myself indoors, what warmer shirting do I need than my bare walls? what ampler greatcoat than the tiles above my head?”

iv. 34
From Symposium by Xenophon

“Count all wickedness foreign and alien.”

iv. 34
From Symposium by Xenophon

“Antisthenes … was asked on one occasion what learning was the most necessary, and he replied, "To unlearn one's bad habits."”

§ 5
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius

“As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.”

§ 4
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius

“When he was asked what advantage had accrued to him from philosophy, his answer was, “The ability to hold converse with myself.””

§ 5
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius

“It is better to fight with a few good men against all the wicked, than with many wicked men against a few good men.”

§ 4
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius

“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.”

§ 5
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius

“I'd rather be mad than feel pleasure.”

§ 4
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius

“States are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad.”

§ 3; quoted also by Eusebius of Caesarea, Praeparatio Evangelica xv. 13
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius

“Ill repute is a good thing and much the same as pain.”

§ 5
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius

“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.”

§ 5
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius

“There is no work so mean, but it would amply serve me to furnish me with sustenance.”

iv. 35
From Symposium by Xenophon

“One should attend to one's enemies, for they are the first persons to detect one's errors.”

iv. 35
From Symposium by Xenophon

“Virtue is the same for a man and for a woman.”

§ 5
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius

“It is a royal privilege to do good and be ill spoken of.”

§ 5
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius

“The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.”

§ 3; quoted also by Marcus Aurelius, vii. 36
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius

“The most necessary learning is that which unlearns evil. ”