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There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix

Baron de Montesquieu

Fain would I glide down a gentle river, but I am carried away by a torrent.
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Away Carried Gentle Rivers
Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.
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Law Overt Punish Undertake
An injustice to one is a threat made to all
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Injustice Made Threat
Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.
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Given Philosophical Talent
In the birth of societies it is the chiefs of states who give it its special character; and afterward it is this special character that forms the chiefs of state.
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Character Giving Leadership
Certain kinds of foolishness are such that a greater foolishness would be better.
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Certain Foolishness Kind
False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.
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Happiness Laughter Men
Countries are not cultivated in proportion to their fertility, but to their liberty.
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Country Fertility Liberty
In the state of nature… all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law.
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Equality Law Men
In the matter of dress one should always keep below one’s ability.
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Dresses Matter Should
The culminating point of administration is to know well how much power, great or small, we ought to use in all circumstances.
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Administration Power Use
There is something in animals beside the power of motion. They are not machines; they feel.
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Animal Compassion Power
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
When we seek after wit, we discover only foolishness.
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Discover Foolishness Wit
To lend money without interest, is certainly an action laudable and extremely good; but it is obvious, that it is only a counsel of religion, and not a civil law.
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Action Law Lending
The majority of men are more capable of great actions than of good ones.
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Deed Majority Men

There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix

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