Quotes by Anacharsis




Anacharsis was a Scythian philosopher who travelled from his homeland on the northern shores of the Black Sea to Athens in the early 6th century BCE and made a great impression as a forthright, outspoken "barbarian," apparently a forerunner of the Skeptics and Cynics, though none of his authentic works has survived..

"Written laws are like spider's webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and the poor, but would be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful."

Anacharsis on law and lawyers
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"Wise men argue cases, fools decide them."

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"Every man is his own chief enemy."

Anacharsis on anger
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