Fruit Quotes by 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

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

— Aristippus

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

— Aristippus

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

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

— Aristippus

Good cheer is no hindrance to a good life.

— Aristippus

Native ability without education is like a tree without fruit.

— Aristippus

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

— Aristippus