Freedom and happiness

τὸ εὔδαιμον τὸ ἐλεύθερον, τὸ δ” ἐλεύθερον τὸ εὔψυχον.

Felicitatem existimantes esse libertatem, et libertatem esse animi generositatem.

Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.

Thucydides – Greek historian (ca. 454-395 BC), from Pericles‘ funeral speech (Greek politician, ca. 490-429 BC) in “The Peloponnesian War” (Book2, ca. 430 BC), Quotations book 2004