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It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.

Baron de Montesquieu

The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.
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Men Succession Vain
One more organ or one less in our body would give us a different intelligence. In fact, all the established laws as to why our body is a certain way would be different if our body were not that way.
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Body Giving Law
The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.
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Law Philosophical Spirit
Friendship is a contract in which we render small services in expectation of big ones.
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Contract Expectation Friendship
The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests.
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Law Real War
Very good laws may be ill timed.
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Good Law May Very
No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.
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Blood Kingdoms Philosophical
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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Age Men Passion
The Ottoman Empire whose sick body was not supported by a mild and regular diet, but by a powerful treatment, which continually exhausted it.
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Powerful Sick
Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.
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Politics Republic Wisdom
The state is the association of men, and not men themselves; the citizen may perish, and the man remain.
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Citizens Men Society
Coffee renders many foolish people temporarily capable of wise actions
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Coffee People Wise
The severity of the laws prevents their execution.
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Execution Law Philosophical
Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.
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Country Freedom Wells
At our coming into the world we contract an immense debt to our country, which we can never discharge.
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Country Debt World
We ought to be very cautious and circumspect in the prosecution of magic and heresy. The attempt to put down these two crimes may be extremely perilous to liberty.
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Magic Two Wisdom

It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.

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