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As men are affected in all ages by the same passions, the occasions which bring about great changes are different, but the causes are always the same.

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A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.
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Freedom Liberty Missing
Friendship is a contract in which we render small services in expectation of big ones.
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Contract Expectation Friendship
The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.
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Law Philosophical Spirit
Law in general is human reason, inasmuch as it governs all the inhabitants of the earth: the political and civil laws of each nation ought to be only the particular cases in which human reason is applied.
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Earth Law Political
Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.
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Law Overt Punish Undertake
It is difficult for the united states to be all of equal power and extent.
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Country Difficult Equal United States
If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.
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God Philosophical Two Sides
A rational army would run away.
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Army Running War
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 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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Hands Heart might
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
Vanity and pride of nations; vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous.
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Government Pride Vanity
There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
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Gambling Government Three
It is always the adventurous who accomplish great things.
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Accomplish Adventure Adventurous
There is still another inconvenieney in conquests made by democracies; their government is ever odious to the conquered states. It is apparently monarchical, but in reality it is more oppressive than monarchy, as the experience of all ages and countries evinces.
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Country Government Reality
A fondness for reading changes the inevitable dull hours of our life into exquisite hours of delight.
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Delight Dull Reading

As men are affected in all ages by the same passions, the occasions which bring about great changes are different, but the causes are always the same.

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