10 Quotes by Aristippus

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

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

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

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.

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

Native ability without education is like a tree without fruit.

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

Good cheer is no hindrance to a good life.