Pythagoras said that medicine is the most godlike of arts. But if the most godlike, it should tend to the soul as well as the body, or else a living thing must be unhealthy, being diseased in its higher part. Apollonius of Tyana artbodydiseased share on social
All the earth is mine, and I have a right to go all over it and through it. Apollonius of Tyana earthmine Change image and share on social
If any man has left us for fear of Nero, I shall not account him a coward; but I shall hail as a philosopher any man who has been superior to this fear, and I shall teach him all I know. Apollonius of Tyana accountcowardfear Change image and 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
I pray as follows: May justice reign, may the laws not be broken, may the wise men be poor, and the poor men rich, without sin. Apollonius of Tyana breakjusticelaw Change image and 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
Don't keep your good manners to the end another time, but begin with them. Apollonius of Tyana beginendgood Change image and share on social
It is at the time of dawn that we must commune with the gods. Apollonius of Tyana communedawngod Change image and share on social
Nero may have understood how to tune his cithern, but he disgraced his imperial office both by slackening and by tightening the strings. Apollonius of Tyana citherndisgraceimperial Change image and 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
