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Antisthenes’ Biography and Attributed Quotes

April 10, 2021February 11, 2021 by Quotes from the Past

Antisthenes was a disciple of Socrates and later founded the Cynical School of Philosophy which came to prominence in the 3rd Century …

April 10, 2021October 20, 2020 by Quotes from the Past

Diogenes the Cynic, a native of Sinope, was the son of Hicesius, a public banker responsible for minting coins. Diogenes remains a …

April 10, 2021July 25, 2020 by Marika

“The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control and outnumbers both of the other classes.” …

April 12, 2021February 21, 2017 by Marika

Who was Will Rogers? He can’t be easily defined – he was a horse breaker, circus performer, vaudeville wise-cracker, movie star, raconteur, …

April 10, 2021January 6, 2017 by Marika

How did a political has-been in his mid-sixties, languishing on the backbenches of the British parliament, rise to become one of the …