December 12, 2003
See if you can figure out the author of this quote:
Man is free; yet we must not suppose that he is at liberty to do
everything he pleases, for he becomes a slave the moment he allows
his actions to be ruled by passion. The man who has sufficient power
over himself to wait until his nature has recovered its even balance
is the truly wise man, but such beings are seldom met with.
I think you will probably be surprised. (Post your guess in the comments.)
