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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

Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one’s wit at the expense of one’s better nature.
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Favors Talking Wit
Mediocrity is a hand-rail.
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Confidence Hands Mediocrity
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
The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.
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Men Succession Vain
[The Pope] will make the king believe that three are only one, that the bread he eats is not bread… and a thousand other things of the same kind.
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Believe Kings Religion
As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war.
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Equality Men War
That anyone who possesses power has a tendency to abuse it is an eternal truth. They tend to go as far as the barriers will allow.
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Abuse Peace Tendencies
In constitutional states, liberty is compensation for heavy taxes; in dictatorships, the subsititue is light taxes.
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Liberty Light States
When we seek after wit, we discover only foolishness.
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Discover Foolishness Wit
If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.
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Difficult People Since Thinking
Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.
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Men People Teamwork
Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.
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Government Liberty Political
What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.
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Depth Philosophical Public Speaking
The history of commerce is that of the communication of the people.
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Commerce Communication People
An injustice to one is a threat made to all
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Injustice Made Threat
The spirit of commerce… renders every man willing to live on his own property…& prevents the growth of luxury.
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Growth Luxury Men

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