Aristippus Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Native ability without education is like a tree without fruit.”
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“It is not abstinence from pleasures that is best, but mastery over them without being worsted.”
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“If extravagance were a fault, it would not have a place in the festivals of the gods.”
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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.”
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“Those that study particular sciences, and neglect philosophy, are like Penelope's wooers, that make love to the waiting women.”
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“You can best reward a liar by believing nothing of what he says.”
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“The vice lies not in entering the bordello but in not coming out.”
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“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.”
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“Nothing in a graduate degree in art history prepares you for the eloquence of the eraser.”
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“Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; it is a positive good.”
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“A statesman who shakes the fruit trees of his neighbors - to dislodge the worms.”
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Source : Amy Waldman (2011). “The Submission: A Novel”, p.17, Macmillan
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