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To lend money without interest, is certainly an action laudable and extremely good; but it is obvious, that it is only a counsel of religion, and not a civil law.

Baron de Montesquieu

Countries are not cultivated in proportion to their fertility, but to their liberty.
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Country Fertility Liberty
Ever since the invention of gunpowder.. I continually tremble lest men should, in the end, uncover some secret which would provide a short way of abolishing mankind, of annihilating peoples and nations in their entirety.
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Gunpowder Men Secret
Peace is a natural effect of trade.
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Natural Philosophical Trade
Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?
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God Religion Thinking
What unhappy beings men are! They constantly waver between false hopes and silly fears, and instead of relying on reason they create monsters to frighten themselves with, and phantoms which lead them astray.
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Fear Men Silly
Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.
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Politics Republic Wisdom
The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.
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Apathy Democracy Wisdom
Political liberty in a citizen is that tranquillity of spirit which comes from the opinion each one has of his security, and in order for him to have this liberty the government must be such that one citizen cannot fear another citizen.
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Government Order Political
I have ever held it as a maxim never to do that through another which it was impossible for me to execute myself.
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Another Execute Impossible Maxims
I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there.
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Description Paradise Sensible
The public business must be carried on with a certain motion, neither too quick nor too slow.
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Business Certain Motion Quick Slow
The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
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Luxury Perfect Republic
Vitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth).
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Consecrate Impendere Life Truth
False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.
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Happiness Laughter Men
One more organ or one less in our body would give us a different intelligence. In fact, all the established laws as to why our body is a certain way would be different if our body were not that way.
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Body Giving Law
Law in general is human reason, inasmuch as it governs all the inhabitants of the earth: the political and civil laws of each nation ought to be only the particular cases in which human reason is applied.
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Earth Law Political

To lend money without interest, is certainly an action laudable and extremely good; but it is obvious, that it is only a counsel of religion, and not a civil law.

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