Seneca the Younger on Freedom
Browse 9 quotations attributed to Seneca the Younger, catalogued under freedom, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Seneca the Younger, entry #48101: "If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else."
Attributed to Seneca the Younger, entry #93317: "Socrates was ennobled by the hemlock draught. Wrench from Cato's hand his sword, the vindicator of liberty, and you deprive him of the greatest share of his glory."
9 Quotes by Seneca the Younger on Freedom
"If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else."
"Socrates was ennobled by the hemlock draught. Wrench from Cato's hand his sword, the vindicator of liberty, and you deprive him of the greatest share of his glory."
"A thatched roof once covered free men; under marble and gold dwells slavery."
"Very often the things that cost nothing cost us the most heavily; I can show you many objects the quest and acquisition of which have wrested freedom from our hands."
"And what is freedom, you ask? It means not being a slave to any circumstance, to any constraint, to any chance; it means compelling Fortune to enter the lists on equal terms."
"So near at hand is freedom, and is anyone still a slave?"
"“He is a slave.” His soul, however, may be that of a freeman. “He is a slave.” But shall that stand in his way? Show me a man who is not a slave; one is a slave to lust, another to greed, another to ambition, and all men are slaves to fear."
"Our minds must have relaxation: rested, they will rise up better and keener. Just as we must not force fertile fields , so continual labor will break the power of our minds. They will recover their strength, however, after they have had a little freedom and relaxation."
"Armies have endured all manner of want, have lived on roots, and have resisted hunger by means of food too revolting to mention. All this they have suffered to gain a kingdom, and—what is more marvellous—to gain a kingdom that will be another’s. Will any man hesitate to endure poverty, in order that he may free his mind from madness?"