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
Every argument is incapable of helping unless it is singular and addressed to a single person. Therefore, one who discourses in any other way presumably does so from love of reputation. Apollonius of Tyana addressargumentdiscourse Change image and 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
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
A man must fortify himself and understand that a wise man who yields to laziness or anger or passion or love of drink, or who commits any other action prompted by impulse and inopportune, will probably find his fault condoned; but if he stoops to greed, he will not be pardoned, but render himself odious as a combination of all vices at once. Apollonius of Tyana actionangercombination 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
I asked certain rich men if they felt embittered. 'How could we not?' they said. So I asked them what caused this anguish. They blamed their wealth. Apollonius of Tyana anguishaskblame Change image and share on social
It is the duty of the law-giver to deliver to the many the instructions of whose truth he has persuaded himself. Apollonius of Tyana deliverdutygiver Change image and share on social
My ideal is for each to do what he knows and what he can. Apollonius of Tyana ideal Change image and share on social