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Sometimes a man who deserves to be looked upon because he is a fool is despised only because he is a lawyer.

Baron de Montesquieu

I never listen to calumnies, because if they are untrue I run the risk of being deceived, and if they be true, of hating persons not worth thinking about.
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Hate Running Thinking
The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.
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Men Succession Vain
Happy the people whose annals are tiresome.
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History People Vacant
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
There should be weeping at a man’s birth, not at his death.
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Birth Death Men Weep
When God endowed human beings with brains, He did not intend to guarantee them.
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Brain Guarantees Humans
Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.
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Luxury Republic Tyrants
Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
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Philosophical Success Time
Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty.
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Luxury Poverty Republic
The alms given to a naked man in the street do not fulfil the obligations of the state, which owes to every citizen a certain subsistence, a proper nourishment, convenient clothing, and a kind of life not incompatible with health.
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Citizens Men Naked
Virtue in a republic is the love of one’s country, that is the love of equality.
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Country Republic Virtue
The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests.
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Law Real War
Honor is unknown in despotic states.
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Despotism Honor States
Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.
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Government Liberty Political
Experience constantly proves that every man who has power is impelled to abuse it; he goes on till he is pulled up by some limits. Who would say it! virtue even has need of limits.
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Abuse Men Power

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