Diocles records the following sayings of Antisthenes:
To the wise man nothing is foreign or impracticable.
A good man deserves to be loved.
Men of worth are friends.
Make allies of men who are at once brave and just.
Virtue is a weapon that cannot be taken away.
It is better to be with a handful of good men fighting against all the bad, than with hosts of bad men against a handful of good men.
Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.
Esteem an honest man above a kinsman.
Virtue is the same for women as for men.
Good actions are fair and evil actions foul.
Count all wickedness foreign and alien.
Wisdom is a most sure stronghold, which never crumbles away nor is betrayed.
Walls of defense must be constructed in our own impregnable reasonings.
—Diogenes Laërtius, 6.12-13
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