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)]
(Source)
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)]

