Aristippus

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