Jean de La Bruyère: To be free is not to do nothing, but to be the sole arbiter of what we do and…
To be free is not to do nothing, but to be the sole arbiter of what we do and what we leave undone.
In today’s wordsTo be free is not to do nothing, but to be the one who decides what we do and what we leave undone.
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