It is not abstinence from pleasures that is best, but mastery over them without being worsted.
The art of life lies in taking pleasures as they pass, and the keenest pleasures are not intellectual, nor are they always moral. - Aristippus
The art of life lies in taking pleasures as they pass, and the keenest pleasures are not intellectual, nor are they always moral.
- Aristippus
You can best reward a liar by believing nothing of what he says. - Aristippus
You can best reward a liar by believing nothing of what he says.
It is not abstinence from pleasures that is best, but mastery over them without being worsted. - Aristippus
Those that study particular sciences, and neglect philosophy, are like Penelope's wooers, that make love to the waiting women. - Aristippus
Those that study particular sciences, and neglect philosophy, are like Penelope's wooers, that make love to the waiting women.
The vice lies not in entering the bordello but in not coming out. - Aristippus
The vice lies not in entering the bordello but in not coming out.
Good cheer is no hindrance to a good life. - Aristippus
Good cheer is no hindrance to a good life.
Native ability without education is like a tree without fruit. - Aristippus
Native ability without education is like a tree without fruit.
If extravagance were a fault, it would not have a place in the festivals of the gods. - Aristippus
If extravagance were a fault, it would not have a place in the festivals of the gods.
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