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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
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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

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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

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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.

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sic cum inferiore vivas quemadmodum tecum superiorem velis vivere.


— Letter XLVII: On master and slave, line 11

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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

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