Velis Quotes

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.

More Velis Quotes

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.

Tags: Rara, temporum, ubi, sentire, dicere, licet

Si velis vitiis exui, longe a vitiorum exemplis recedendum est.

— If thou wishest to get rid of thy evil propensities, thou must keep far from evil companions.
— Seneca, Epistolæ Ad Lucilium, CIV

Tags: vitiis, longe, vitiorum