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Who then is free? The wise who can command his passions, who fears not want, nor death, nor chains, firmly resisting his appetites and despising the honors of the world, who relies wholly on himself, whose angular points of character have all been rounded off and polished.
By: | Horace (more quotes by Horace or books by/about Horace) |
[Quintus Horatius Flaccus] (65-8BC) Roman poet | |
Date: | 25 B.C. |
Categories: | Wisdom, Freedom, Passion, Fear, Death, Slavery, Discipline, Sacrifice, Self-Reliance, Character |
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