The pagan religion, which prohibited only some of the grosser crimes, and which stopped the hand but meddled not with the heart, might have crimes that were inexplicable.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEULiberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
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I suffer from the disease of writing books and being ashamed of them when they are finished.
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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.
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It is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour.
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Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.
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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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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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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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The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.
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It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.
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If you would be holy, instruct your children, because all the good acts they perform will be imputed to you.
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An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.
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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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Very good laws may be ill timed.
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The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.
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