An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.

BARON DE MONTESQUIEU

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An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.

Baron de Montesquieu

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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.

BARON DE MONTESQUIEU

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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Two
Liberty itself has appeared intolerable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it.

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Liberty itself has appeared intolerable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it.
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Enjoy
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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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 Use
Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

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Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.
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Lunch Paris Philosophical
Trade is the best cure for prejudice.

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Trade is the best cure for prejudice.
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Cures Trade
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.

BARON DE MONTESQUIEU

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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An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.

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An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.
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Philosophical
What cowardice it is to be dismayed by the happiness of others and devastated by there good fortune.

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What cowardice it is to be dismayed by the happiness of others and devastated by there good fortune.
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Cowardice Fortune
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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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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I never listen to calumnies, because if they are untrue I run the risk of being deceived, and if they be true, of hating persons not worth thinking about.

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I never listen to calumnies, because if they are untrue I run the risk of being deceived, and if they be true, of hating persons not worth thinking about.
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Running
…when the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost.

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…when the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost.
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Corruption
Countries are not cultivated in proportion to their fertility, but to their liberty.

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Countries are not cultivated in proportion to their fertility, but to their liberty.
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Fertility
I have never known any distress that an hour’s reading did not relieve.

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I have never known any distress that an hour’s reading did not relieve.
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Fearless Philosophical
The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.

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The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.
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Succession
To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise.

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To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise.
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Looks
Passion makes us feel, but never see clearly.
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Cleanly Feel

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