Aristippus Quotes & Sayings

Top 9 Aristippus Quotes

#1. If extravagance were a fault, it would not have a place in the festivals of the gods.

#2. The art of life lies in taking pleasures as they pass, and the keenest pleasures are not intellectual, nor are they always moral.

#3. The best thing is to possess pleasures without being their slave; not to be devoid of pleasures.

#4. You can best reward a liar by believing nothing of what he says.

#5. The vice lies not in entering the bordello but in not coming out.

#6. It is not abstinence from pleasures that is best, but mastery over them without being worsted.

#7. Those that study particular sciences, and neglect philosophy, are like Penelope's wooers, that make love to the waiting women.

#8. Native ability without education is like a tree without fruit.

#9. Good cheer is no hindrance to a good life.