We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money

We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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