Vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous.


Book XIX, Chapter 9. - De l'Esprit des Lois (1748)


Vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous.

Vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous.

Vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous.

Vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous.