WIST Quotations

Aristippus of Cyrene -- (Attributed)

Dave — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 12:10:09 +0000

It is better to be a beggar than ignorant; for a beggar only wants money, but an ignorant person wants humanity.

Aristippus of Cyrene (c. 435 – c. 356 BC) Cyrenaic philosopher, Hedonist
(Attributed)

Aristippus of Cyrene -- (Attributed)

Dave — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 04:23:16 +0000

Native ability without education is like a tree which bears no fruit.

Aristippus of Cyrene (c. 435 – c. 356 BC) Cyrenaic philosopher, Hedonist
(Attributed)

Quoted in Edward Parsons Day, Day’s Collacon: An Encyclopaedia of Prose Quotations (1884). Not found in original source material.

Aristippus of Cyrene -- Fragment 53

Dave — Fri, 22 May 2015 15:33:21 +0000

He is the true conqueror of pleasure, who can make use of it without being carried away by it, not he who abstains from it altogether.

Aristippus of Cyrene (c. 435 – c. 356 BC) Cyrenaic philosopher, Hedonist
Fragment 53
(Source)

Alt. trans.:

"The one to master pleasure is not he who abstains but he who employs it without being carried away by it -- just as being a master of a ship or of a horse is not abstaining from using them, but directing them where one wishes." (Fragment 55 Mannebach) (Stob. Ecl. 3.17 17
"The master of pleasure is not he who abstains from it, but he who uses it without being carried away by it."

Aristippus of Cyrene -- Fragment 59 [Mannebach]

Dave — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 22:42:27 +0000

It is not going in [to the brothel] that is a problem, but not being able to come out.

Aristippus of Cyrene (c. 435 – c. 356 BC) Cyrenaic philosopher, Hedonist
Fragment 59 [Mannebach]
(Source)