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Antisthenes used to say that envious people were devoured by their own disposition, just as iron is by rust.
Diogenes Laërtius
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From Antisthenes: It is royal to do good and be abused.
Marcus Aurelius
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On reaching Athens he fell in with Antisthenes. Being repulsed by him, because he never welcomed pupils, by sheer persistence Diogenes wore him out. Once when he stretched out his staff against him, the pupil offered his head with the words, Strike, for you will find no wood hard enough to keep me away from you, so long as I think you've something to say.
Diogenes of Sinope
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
Antisthenes
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Born:
444 BC
Died:
365 BC
(aged 79)
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