If there were a people of gods, they would govern themselves democratically: so perfect a government is not suitable to men.


A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1886)


If there were a people of gods, they would govern themselves democratically: so perfect a government is not suitable to men.

If there were a people of gods, they would govern themselves democratically: so perfect a government is not suitable to men.

If there were a people of gods, they would govern themselves democratically: so perfect a government is not suitable to men.

If there were a people of gods, they would govern themselves democratically: so perfect a government is not suitable to men.