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Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.

Baron de Montesquieu

The less men think, the more they talk.
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Men Philosophical Thinking
The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.
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Law Philosophical Spirit
Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.
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Humanity Law Men
A really intelligent man feels what other men only know.
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Feels Intelligent Men
An injustice to one is a threat made to all
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Injustice Made Threat
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
Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?
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God Religion Thinking
Men in excess of happiness or misery are equally inclined to severity. Witness conquerors and monks! It is mediocrity alone, and a mixture of prosperous and adverse fortune that inspire us with lenity and pity.
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Inspire Men Mixtures
Peace is a natural effect of trade.
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Natural Philosophical Trade
What cowardice it is to be dismayed by the happiness of others and devastated by there good fortune.
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Cowardice Envy Fortune
Fain would I glide down a gentle river, but I am carried away by a torrent.
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Away Carried Gentle Rivers
If you run after wit, you will succeed in catching folly.
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Catching Running Succeed
Man is a social animal formed to please in society.
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Animal Men Society
In every government there are three sorts of power: the legislative; the executive in respect to things dependent on the law of nations; and the executive in regard to matters that depend on the civil law.
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Government Law Three
The false notion of miracles comes of our vanity, which makes us believe we are important enough for the Supreme Being to upset nature on our behalf.
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Believe Miracle Vanity
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

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