Les théâtres, les jeux, les farces, les spectacles, les gladiateurs, les bêtes étranges, les médailles, les tableaux et autres telles drogueries, c’étaient aux peuples anciens les appâts de la servitude, le prix de leur liberté, les outils de la tyrannie.
-Étienne de La Boétie
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