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Life was given to me as a favor, so I may abandon it when it is one no longer.

Baron de Montesquieu

Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance… the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU

Religion Religious War
There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU

Law Name Tyrant
Politics are a smooth file, which cuts gradually, and attains its end by slow progression.
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Cutting Politics Progression Smooth
Passion makes us feel, but never see clearly.
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Cleanly Feel Passion
I have ever held it as a maxim never to do that through another which it was impossible for me to execute myself.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU

Another Execute Impossible Maxims
Those who have few affairs to attend to are great speakers. The less men think, the more they talk.
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Men Talking Thinking
When God endowed human beings with brains, He did not intend to guarantee them.
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Brain Guarantees Humans
…when the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost.
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Corruption Law Republic
It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.
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Adventure Empires Greatness
Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.
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Law Liberty Philosophical
Man is a social animal formed to please in society.
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Animal Men Society
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
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
I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there.
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Description Paradise Sensible
Power ought to serve as a check to power.
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Checks Ought Power
You have to study a great deal to know a little.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU

Learning Littles Study

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