In a way, he lost some of himself, some of his knack, and therefore some of the choices he might have had in life. But in losing those, he gained so much more freedom, so much more power, that he was clear winner in the bargain

No one is the same person today that he was yesterday. No one had a body as young as it was, or a heart so naive, or a head so ignorant as it was

He'd find out soon enough what losing everything could mean

Was it worth it? To lose part of who he had been in order to live free? Perhaps this new self was better than the old

I bought abandon dear And sold all piety for pleasure. My own free spirit I have followed, And never will I give up lust.

There is more than one kind of freedom... Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from. Don't u…

To bargain freedom for security is the devil's bargain. Having made the bargain, one enjoys neither freedom nor security.