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Quotation from Discourse on Voluntary Servitude by Étienne de La Boétie
“So the first Reason of this voluntary Servitude is Custom, like the generous Steeds who at first bite the Bitt, but afterwards play with it”
Discourse on Voluntary Servitude, Of Voluntary Servitude, on custom, trans. Anonymous (1735)
La Boétie concludes his discussion of why people born under the yoke accept it.
Citation: "So the first Reason of this voluntary Servitude is Custom, like the generous Steeds who at first bite the Bitt, but afterwards play with it" — Étienne de La Boétie, Discourse on Voluntary Servitude, Of Voluntary Servitude, on custom, trans. Anonymous (1735). (id discourse-on-voluntary-servitude-q4)
