Antisthenes
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Quotes
Biography
Antisthenes was a Greek philosopher and a pupil of Socrates. He is best known as the founder of the Cynic philosophy, which emphasized self-sufficiency and living in accordance with nature. Antisthenes believed that virtue was the only good and that external possessions and social status were irrelevant. He was known for his ascetic lifestyle and his rejection of conventional norms and values.
Famous Quotes (5)
1
I would rather go mad than feel pleasure.
2
The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.
3
Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
4
The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.
5
It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.