To every man, even
To every man, even though he be a slave, the light of heaven is sweet. Euripides
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To every man, even though he be a slave, the light of heaven is sweet. Euripides
This is what it means to be a slave; to be abused and bear it; compelled by violence to suffer wrong. Euripides
No one is truly free, they are a slave to wealth, fortune, the law, or other people restraining them from acting according to their will. Euripides
This is slavery, not to speak one’s thought. Euripides
Only when the mind is free has the body a chance to be free. Yes, they must believe, they must believe. Because I know what it means to be a slave. I am a slave. Ernest Gaines
Colonization was the idea that once slavery ended African-Americans should be encouraged – or required, in some people’s view – required to leave the country. It’s part of an attitude toward the abolition of slavery which says America should not be a slave society, but it can never be a multiracial society. You can never … Read more
It is better to be a slave to your beloved woman than a free man to the unloved one. Eric Berne
Whoever then wishes to be free, let him neither wish for anything nor avoid anything which depends on others: if he does not observe this rule, he must be a slave. Epictetus
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them. Epictetus
Whoever wants to be free, therefore, let him not want or avoid anything that is up to others. Otherwise he will necessarily be a slave. Epictetus