Nothing is more fertile in prodigies than the art of being free; but there is nothing… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Nothing is more fertile in prodigies than the art of being free; but there is nothing more arduous than the apprenticeship of liberty.
In the original French
Il n'est rien de plus fécond en merveilles que l'art d'être libre; mais il n'y a rien de plus dur que l'apprentissage de la liberté
Democracy in America · 1835
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Tocqueville, Alexis De. Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II, translated by Henry Reeve. Bantam Classics, 2000, vol. 1, ch. 14, pt. 1.
Original citation
Tocqueville, Alexis De. De La Democratie en Amerique [Democracy in America]. Vol. 1, London: Saunders and Otley, 1835, ch. 14, pt. 1.
