Once, when he was applauded by rascals, he remarked, "I am horribly afraid I have done something wrong." Toggle format menu With Attribution Quote Only Plain Text With Bio
As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion. Toggle format menu With Attribution Quote Only Plain Text With Bio
States are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad. Toggle format menu With Attribution Quote Only Plain Text With Bio
ἐρωτηθεὶς τί αὐτῷ περιγέγονεν ἐκ φιλοσοφίας, ἔφη, “τὸ δύνασθαι ἑαυτῷ ὁμιλεῖν.” Toggle format menu With Attribution Quote Only Plain Text With Bio
Antisthenes ... was asked on one occasion what learning was the most necessary, and he replied, "To unlearn one's bad habits." Toggle format menu With Attribution Quote Only Plain Text With Bio
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. Toggle format menu With Attribution Quote Only Plain Text With Bio
πρός τε τὸ Ποντικὸν μειράκιον μέλλον φοιτᾶν αὐτῷ καὶ πυθόμενον τίνων αὐτῷ δεῖ, φησί, “βιβλιαρίου καινοῦ καὶ γραφείου καινοῦ καὶ πινακιδίου καινοῦ,” τὸν νοῦν παρεμφαίνων. Toggle format menu With Attribution Quote Only Plain Text With Bio
ἀκούσας ποτὲ ὅτι Πλάτων αὐτὸν κακῶς λέγει, “βασιλικόν,” ἔφη, “καλῶς ποιοῦντα κακῶς ἀκούειν.” Toggle format menu With Attribution Quote Only Plain Text With Bio
I'd rather be mad than feel pleasure. Toggle format menu With Attribution Quote Only Plain Text With Bio
ἔλεγέ τε συνεχές, “μανείην μᾶλλον ἢ ἡσθείην.” Toggle format menu With Attribution Quote Only Plain Text With Bio
The investigation of the meaning of words is the beginning of education. Toggle format menu With Attribution Quote Only Plain Text With Bio
ἀρχὴ παιδεύσεως ἡ τῶν ὀνομάτων ἐπίσκεψις Toggle format menu With Attribution Quote Only Plain Text With Bio