Tyranny is the wish to have in one way what can only be had in another… — Pensées

Pensées — Blaise Pascal

Tyranny is the wish to have in one way what can only be had in another. We render different duties to different merits; the duty of love to the pleasant; the duty of fear to the strong; the duty of belief to the learned.

Place: SECTION V · ¶958
License: Public domain · Source
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