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

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“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.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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