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.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUThere is still another inconvenieney in conquests made by democracies; their government is ever odious to the conquered states. It is apparently monarchical, but in reality it is more oppressive than monarchy, as the experience of all ages and countries evinces.
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Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty.
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If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are. you are comparing your lot with an ideal which is of course better and therefore you feel worse
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It is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.
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There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.
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Love of reading enables a man to exchange the weary hours, which come to every one, for hours of delight.
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A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.
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Political liberty in a citizen is that tranquillity of spirit which comes from the opinion each one has of his security, and in order for him to have this liberty the government must be such that one citizen cannot fear another citizen.
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In the matter of dress one should always keep below one’s ability.
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Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
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The incomparable stupidity of life teaches us to love our parents; divine philosophy teaches us to forgive them.
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There should be weeping at a man’s birth, not at his death.
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The prejudices of superstition are superior to all others, and have the strongest influence on the human mind.
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A rational army would run away.
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It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.
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Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.
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