Diogenes Laërtius (180–240) biographer of ancient Greek philosophers
Antisthenes, 4.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 6: The Cynics
“As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.”
§ 5
From Lives and Opinions of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius
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