Festivals cause diseases, since they lighten cares but increase gluttony. Apollonius of Tyana carediseasefestival Change image and share on social
When I review Xerxes' achievements, I praise him, not for having yoked the Hellespont, but for having crossed it. But I can see that Nero will neither sail through the Isthmus nor complete his digging. Apollonius of Tyana achievementcompletecross share on social
In my judgment, excellence and wealth are direct opposites, since when the one shrinks, the other grows, and when one grows, the other shrinks. Apollonius of Tyana directexcellencegrow Change image and share on social
If you have problems of conduct that are difficult and hard to settle, I will furnish you with solutions, for I not only know matters of practice and duty, but I even know them beforehand. Apollonius of Tyana conductdifficultduty Change image and share on social
The gods do not need sacrifices, so what might one do to please them? Acquire wisdom, it seems to me, and do all the good in one's power to those humans who deserve it. Apollonius of Tyana acquiredeservegod Change image and share on social
O ye gods, grant unto me to have little and to want nothing. Apollonius of Tyana godgrantthou Change image and share on social
Do not consider that to be wealth which is hoarded away, for how is it better than sand gathered from the nearest heap? Nor that which comes in from men who groan at their taxes: for the gold that is wrung from tears is of base alloy and black. Apollonius of Tyana alloybaseblack share on social
The gods, as they are beneficent, if they find anyone who is healthy and whole and unscarred by vice, will send him away, surely, after crowning him, not with golden crowns, but with all sorts of blessings. Apollonius of Tyana beneficentblessingcrown share on social
Just as an individual of pre-eminent worth transforms democracy into a monarchy of the best man, even so the rule of one man, if in all things it has an eye to the common welfare, is democracy. Apollonius of Tyana commondemocracyeminent Change image and share on social
As soldiers need not only courage but tactics also, so does a philosopher need not only courage and philosophy but discernment also, to tell what his right time of dying is - so that he neither seek it nor flee it. Apollonius of Tyana couragediediscernment share on social
