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Slave Quotes by Epictetus
- 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…
- If you see anybody wail and complain, call him a slave, though he be clad in purple.
- It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.
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- The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are suitable or… — Teresa of Avila
- You don't become completely free by just avoiding being a slave; you also need to avoid becoming a master. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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- I said there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words… — Jonathan Swift
- I wanted to be a great white hunter, a prospector for gold, or a slave trader. But then, when I was eight,… — Wilbur Smith