"As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion."

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Source : "Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers (§ 5)". Book by Diogenes Laertius, circa 200 AD.

Antisthenes

#Anger Quotes #Passion Quotes #Iron Quotes

“It is an unhappy lot which finds no enemies.”
“Long before I had money, my passion for cars was there.”
“May God .. let me strive for attainable things.”
“I am spoken to not in words, which come to me quaint and veiled, but in signs, in conformations of face and hands, in postures of shoulders and feet, in nuances of tune and tone, in gaps and absences whose grammar has never been recorded.”
“Being a songwriter does not rely on an audience or other band members or a camera. I can just sit in a room and write songs.”
“That as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously.”
“My biggest kick in music -playing or writing- is when I have a problem. Without a problem to solve, how much interest do you take in anything?”
“The fundamentalist Zionist lobby controls politics and the media in the US and Australia.”

Source : "Zionism: too many meanings make communication too hard?". www.smh.com.au. July 26, 2004.

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