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Man is a social animal formed to please in society.

Baron de Montesquieu

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
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
We ought to be very cautious and circumspect in the prosecution of magic and heresy. The attempt to put down these two crimes may be extremely perilous to liberty.
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Magic Two Wisdom
The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.
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Law Philosophical Spirit
There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude… we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.
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Gratitude Men Ties
Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.
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Given Philosophical Talent
Wherever I find envy I take a pleasure in provoking it: I always praise before an envious man those who make him grow pale.
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Envy Men Praise
Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowledge, and that the lore of the East should alone enlighten us.
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Aunt Believe East
Christianity stamped its character on jurisprudence; for empire has ever a connection with the priesthood.
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Character Connections Jurisprudence
Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
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Philosophical Success Time
Friendship is a contract in which we render small services in expectation of big ones.
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Contract Expectation Friendship
Trade is the best cure for prejudice.
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Cures Prejudice Trade
When God endowed human beings with brains, He did not intend to guarantee them.
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Brain Guarantees Humans
When the [law making] and [law enforcement] powers are united in the same person… there can be no liberty.
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Enforcement Law Liberty
What cowardice it is to be dismayed by the happiness of others and devastated by there good fortune.
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Cowardice Envy Fortune
Great commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words.
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Facts Simplicity Writing

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