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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.

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Democracy is corrupted not only when the spirit of equality is corrupted, but likewise when they fall into a spirit of extreme equality.
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Democracy Fall Spirit
There should be weeping at a man’s birth, not at his death.
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Birth Death Men Weep
Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.
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Politics Republic Wisdom
I like peasants-they are not sophisticated enough to reason speciously.
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Enough Reason Sophisticated
In the matter of dress one should always keep below one’s ability.
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Dresses Matter Should
Ever since the invention of gunpowder.. I continually tremble lest men should, in the end, uncover some secret which would provide a short way of abolishing mankind, of annihilating peoples and nations in their entirety.
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Gunpowder Men Secret
Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
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Philosophical Success Time
In a republic there is no coercive force as in other governments, the laws must therefore endeavor to supply this defect.
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Government Law Republic
Very good laws may be ill timed.
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Good Law May Very
Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.
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Comeback Insult Sexuality
Life was given to me as a favor, so I may abandon it when it is one no longer.
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Favors Given May
The coffee is prepared in such a way that it makes those who drink it witty: at least there is not a single soul who, on quitting the house, does not believe himself four times wittier that when he entered it.
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Believe Coffee Witty
I shall be obliged to wander to the right and to the left, that I may investigate and discover the truth.
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May Obliged Wander
If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would never reveal it; for I am a citizen of humanity first and by necessity, and a citizen of France second, and only by accident
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Country Humanity Patriotism
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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Government Law Thinking
Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.
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Disposition Prejudice Reason

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.

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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.

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