Frasi di Antistene

„Un avaro non può mai essere virtuoso.“

—  Antistene

Origine: Citato in G. B. Garassini e Carla Morini, Gemme, classe 5 maschile, Sandron, Milano [post. 1911].

„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.“

—  Antistene

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

—  Antistene

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

—  Antistene

„Nel lusso possano vivere i figli dei nemici.“

—  Antistene

Origine: Citato in 2005, VI, 8.

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

—  Antistene

Origine: Citato in 2005, VI, 5.

„Count all wickedness foreign and alien.“

—  Antisthenes

§ 5
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius
Originale: (el) τὰ πονηρὰ νόμιζε πάντα ξενικά.

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

—  Antisthenes

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

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

—  Antisthenes

§ 5
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius
Originale: (el) προσέχειν τοῖς ἐχθροῖς· πρῶτοι γὰρ τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων αἰσθάνονται.

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

—  Antisthenes

§ 3; quoted also by Marcus Aurelius, vii. 36
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius
Originale: (el) ἀκούσας ποτὲ ὅτι Πλάτων αὐτὸν κακῶς λέγει, “βασιλικόν,” ἔφη, “καλῶς ποιοῦντα κακῶς ἀκούειν.”

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

—  Antisthenes

§ 5
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius
Originale: (el) τήν τ᾿ ἀδοξίαν ἀγαθὸν καὶ ἴσον τῷ πόνῳ

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

—  Antisthenes

§ 5
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.“

—  Antisthenes

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

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

—  Antisthenes

§ 5
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius
Originale: (el) ἀνδρὸς καὶ γυναικὸς ἡ αὐτὴ ἀρετή.

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

—  Antisthenes

§ 7
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius
Originale: (el) ἐρωτηθεὶς τί τῶν μαθημάτων ἀναγκαιότατον, “τὸ περιαιρεῖν,” ἔφη, “τὸ ἀπομανθάνειν.”

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

—  Antisthenes

§ 5
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius
Originale: (el) κρεῖττόν ἐστι μετ᾿ ὀλίγων ἀγαθῶν πρὸς ἅπαντας τοὺς κακοὺς ἢ μετὰ πολλῶν κακῶν πρὸς ὀλίγους ἀγαθοὺς μάχεσθαι.

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

—  Antisthenes

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

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

—  Antisthenes

§ 4
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.“

—  Antisthenes

iv. 34
From Symposium by Xenophon