Who then is free? The one who ...

Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty, death or captivity terrify, who is strong to resist his appetites and shun honors, and is complete in themselves smooth and round like a globe
Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty, death or captivity terrify, who is strong to resist his appetites and shun honors, and is complete in themselves smooth and round like a globe

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All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.
 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
 Thích Nhất Hạnh
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.

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Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.
A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise.
Men more quickly and more gladly recall what they deride than what they approve and esteem.
Help a man against his will and you do the same as murder him.