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Baron de Montesquieu

I should like to abolish funerals; the time to mourn a person is at his birth, not his death.
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Art History Philosophy
When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.
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Democracy Nerd People
Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
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Philosophical Success Time
There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix
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Executrix Judging Liberty Separate
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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Difficult People Since Thinking
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
Passion makes us feel, but never see clearly.
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Cleanly Feel Passion
People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.
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Arguing People Religion
Mediocrity is a hand-rail.
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Confidence Hands Mediocrity
When God endowed human beings with brains, He did not intend to guarantee them.
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Brain Guarantees Humans
There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window.
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Another Doors Fortune Window
In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.
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Institutions Shapes States
Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.
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Country Freedom Wells
Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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Empty Orignal Praise
The less men think, the more they talk.
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Men Philosophical Thinking
The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and the banner of justice.
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Justice Protection Tyranny

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