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Those who have few affairs to attend to are great speakers. The less men think, the more they talk.

Baron de Montesquieu

Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.
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Humanity Law Men
An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.
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Empires Peace War
Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.
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Comeback Insult Sexuality
It is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.
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Government Men Needs
A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.
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Freedom Liberty Missing
The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
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Luxury Perfect Republic
Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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Empty Orignal Praise
No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.
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Blood Kingdoms Philosophical
The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and the banner of justice.
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Justice Protection Tyranny
As men are affected in all ages by the same passions, the occasions which bring about great changes are different, but the causes are always the same.
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Age Men Passion
Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.
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Bigs Favors Friendship
This punishment of death is the remedy, as it were, of a sick society.
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Punishment Remedy Sick
There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window.
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Another Doors Fortune Window
With truths of a certain kind, it is not enough to make them appear convincing: one must also make them felt. Of such kind are moral truths.
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Enough Kind Moral
Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.
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Men People Teamwork
The prejudices of superstition are superior to all others, and have the strongest influence on the human mind.
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Mind Prejudice Superstitions

Those who have few affairs to attend to are great speakers. The less men think, the more they talk.

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