Etienne De La Boetie Quotes

Plays, Farces, Spectacles, Gladiators, Strange Beasts, Medals, Pictures, And Other Such Opiates, These Were For Ancient Peoples The Bait Toward Slavery, The Price Of Their Liberty, The Instruments Of Tyranny. By These Practices And Enticements The Ancient Dictators So Successfully Lulled Their Subjects Under The Yoke, That The Stupefied Peoples, Fascinated By The Pastimes And Vain Pleasures Flashed Before Their Eyes, Learned Subservience As Naively, But Not So Creditably, As Little Children Learn To Read By Looking At Bright Picture Books.

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