Aristippus Quotes
It is not abstinence from pleasures that is best, but mastery over them without being worsted.
Aristippus
Quotes to Explore
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We view things not only from different sides, but with different eyes; we have no wish to find them alike.
Blaise Pascal
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God doth not need
Either man's work or his own gifts. Who best
Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state
Is kingly: thousands at his bidding speed,
And post o'er land and ocean without rest;
They also serve who only stand and wait.
John Milton
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There is no Christian duty that is not to be seasoned and set off with cheerishness, which in a thousand outward and intermitting crosses may yet be done well, as in this vale of tears.
John Milton
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With monuments as with men, position means everything.
Honore de Balzac
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Modern poets add a lot of water to their ink.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Young people have many pleasures and many sorrows, because they only have themselves to think of, so every wish and every notion assume importance; every pleasure is tasted to the full, but also every sorrow, and many who find that their wishes cannot be fulfilled, immediately put an end to their lives.
Hermann Hesse
