Honor sets all the parts of the body politic in motion, and by its very action connects them; thus each individual advances the public good, while he only thinks of promoting his own interest.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUThere are countries where a man is worth nothing; there are others where he is worth less than nothing.
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I like peasants-they are not sophisticated enough to reason speciously.
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The power of divorce can be given only to those who feel the inconveniences of marriage, and who are sensible of the moment when it is for their interest to make them cease.
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Study has been for me the sovereign remedy against all the disappointments of life. I have never known any trouble that an hour’s reading would not dissipate.
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Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune.
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Coffee renders many foolish people temporarily capable of wise actions
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If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.
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It is clear that in a monarchy, where he who commands the exceution of the laws generally thinks himself above them, there is lessneed of virtue than in a popular government, where the person entrusted with the execution of the laws is sensible of his being subject to their direction.
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Fain would I glide down a gentle river, but I am carried away by a torrent.
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Slowness is frequently the cause of much greater slowness.
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Mediocrity is a hand-rail.
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Better it is to say that the government most comfortable to nature is that which best agrees with the humor and disposition of the people in whose favor it is established.
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Politics are a smooth file, which cuts gradually, and attains its end by slow progression.
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There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix
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To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise.
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The laws do not take upon them to punish any other than overt acts.
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