The gods […] have attached to liberty almost as many misfortunes as to servitude.

[Les dieux […] ont attaché à la liberté presque autant de malheurs qu’à la servitude.]

Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher

Essay (1724-02), “Dialogue of Sulla and Eucrates [Dialogue de Sylla et d’Eucrate] [Sulla], Mercure de France [tr. Carrithers / Stewart (2020)]
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Discussing the costs of liberty/freedom, versus living under tyranny.

(Source (French)). Other translations:

The gods have attached almost as many misfortunes to liberty as to servitude.
[E.g. (1880]

The gods [...] have connected nearly as many evils to liberty as to servitude.
[tr. Allen (2008)]