What wine do you find pleasant to drink? — That for which other people pay.
By the same author and on kindred topics.
Of wild beasts the worst bite is the slanderer’s; of tame ones, the flatterer’s.
Asked why people give alms to beggars but not to philosophers, he answered that they fear they may become beggars themselves, but never philosophers.
Stand out of my sun.
Education is a restraint for the young, a consolation for the old, wealth for the poor and an ornament for the rich.
The sun too visits filthy places without being defiled.
What have you gained from philosophy? — This at least, if nothing else: to be prepared for every fortune.
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