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Si velis vitiis exui, longe a vitiorum exemplis recedendum est.
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A dictum [Beckett] quotes from his favourite philosopher, the second-generation Cartesian Arnold Geulincx (1624-1669) suggests his overall stance toward the political: ubi nihil vales, ibi nihil velis, which may be glossed: Don’t invest hope or longing in an arena where you have no power.
j. m. coetzee— “The Making of Samuel Beckett,” New York Review of Books, vol. LVI, no. 7 (April 30, 2009), p. 13
sic cum inferiore vivas quemadmodum tecum superiorem velis vivere.
seneca the younger— Treat your inferiors as you would be treated by your betters.Letter XLVII: On master and slave, line 11
Rara temporum felicitate, ubi sentire quæ velis, et quæ sentias dicere licet.
— Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.
— Tacitus, Annales, I. 1.
sic cum inferiore vivas quemadmodum tecum superiorem velis vivere.
— Letter XLVII: On master and slave, line 11
sic cum inferiore vivas quemadmodum tecum superiorem velis vivere.
— Treat your inferiors as you would be treated by your superiors.
— Seneca the Younger, in the Epistle 47, line 11
