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Society is the union of men and not the men themselves.

Baron de Montesquieu

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
The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.
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Highway Philosophical Reason
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
In the matter of dress one should always keep below one’s ability.
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Dresses Matter Should
The spirit of commerce… renders every man willing to live on his own property…& prevents the growth of luxury.
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Growth Luxury Men
Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.
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Disposition Prejudice Reason
The less men think, the more they talk.
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Men Philosophical Thinking
Thus the creation, which seems an arbitrary act, supposes laws as invariable as those of the fatality of the Atheists. It would be absurd to say that the Creator might govern the world without those rules, since without them it could not subsist.
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Atheism Atheist Law
Vitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth).
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Consecrate Impendere Life Truth
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
Certain kinds of foolishness are such that a greater foolishness would be better.
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Certain Foolishness Kind
Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.
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Country Freedom Wells
Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance… the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason.
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Religion Religious War
An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.
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Human Justice Rights Threat
There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.
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Law Name Tyrant
When the savages of Louisiana wish to have fruit, they cut the tree at the bottom and gather the fruit. That is exactly a despotic government.
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Cutting Government Tree

Society is the union of men and not the men themselves.

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