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Rust eats iron. Envy eats the envious.

Antisthenes, Diogenes Laertius 6.5

The source

"Rust eats iron. Envy eats the envious." Antisthenes said it in Diogenes Laertius 6.5. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

"ὥσπερ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἰοῦ τὸν σίδηρον, οὕτως ἔλεγε τοὺς φθονεροὺς ὑπὸ τοῦ ἰδίου ἤθους κατεσθίεσθαι."

Original Greek, Diogenes Laertius 6.5. Greek: Hicks 1925 Loeb text via Perseus.

Who said it

Antisthenes (c. 446–366 BC). Student of Socrates and forerunner of the Cynics.

Questions

Who said "Rust eats iron. Envy eats the envious."?
Antisthenes (c. 446–366 BC). Source: Diogenes Laertius 6.5.
What is the original Greek?
ὥσπερ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἰοῦ τὸν σίδηρον, οὕτως ἔλεγε τοὺς φθονεροὺς ὑπὸ τοῦ ἰδίου ἤθους κατεσθίεσθαι. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

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