The laws do not take upon them to punish any other than overt acts.
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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The false notion of miracles comes of our vanity, which makes us believe we are important enough for the Supreme Being to upset nature on our behalf.
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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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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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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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When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.
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The less men think, the more they talk.
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A rational army would run away.
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Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.
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Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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The coffee is prepared in such a way that it makes those who drink it witty: at least there is not a single soul who, on quitting the house, does not believe himself four times wittier that when he entered it.
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An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.
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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 is something in animals beside the power of motion. They are not machines; they feel.
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Europe is a state with several provinces
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