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If triangles had a god, he would have three sides.

Baron de Montesquieu

Europe is a state with several provinces
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Country Province Several State
Love of reading enables a man to exchange the weary hours, which come to every one, for hours of delight.
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Library Men Reading
There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
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Gambling Government Three
With truths of a certain kind, it is not enough to make them appear convincing: one must also make them felt. Of such kind are moral truths.
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Enough Kind Moral
There are countries where a man is worth nothing; there are others where he is worth less than nothing.
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Country Men Nothing Worth
Passion makes us feel, but never see clearly.
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Cleanly Feel Passion
Coffee renders many foolish people temporarily capable of wise actions
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Coffee People Wise
[The Pope] will make the king believe that three are only one, that the bread he eats is not bread… and a thousand other things of the same kind.
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Believe Kings Religion
We ought to be very cautious and circumspect in the prosecution of magic and heresy. The attempt to put down these two crimes may be extremely perilous to liberty.
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Magic Two Wisdom
The majority of men are more capable of great actions than of good ones.
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Deed Majority Men
The English are busy folk; they have no time in which to be polite.
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Busy Polite Time
The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.
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Degrees Different Knowing
Love of the republic in a democracy, is a love of the democracy; love of the democracy is that of equality. Love of the democracy is likewise that of frugality.
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Democracy Equality Love
Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.
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Law Liberty Philosophical
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
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Funny Inspirational Integrity Leadership
Great commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words.
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Facts Simplicity Writing

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