Friday, 25 October 2013

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

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

4 comments:

  1. +1 , but sometimes it is the mastery of abstinence that can get you further than a masterful hedonism.

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  2. :) It does indeed. On an individual, their aims, their choices and conscious decisions

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  3. That's the choices you make, or sometimes the prices you pay. Balance and moderation, are all good, and safe, and sometimes most appropriate. But there's nothing wrong with sacrificing some of the things you like if that's the price you pay to get to the things you love.

    As abovementioned, a lot depends on the individual

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