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If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are. you are comparing your lot with an ideal which is of course better and therefore you feel worse

Baron de Montesquieu

The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.
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Honesty Integrity War
It is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour.
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Learning Men Science
I should like to abolish funerals; the time to mourn a person is at his birth, not his death.
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Art History Philosophy
An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.
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Human Justice Rights Threat
The crime against nature will never make any great progress in society unless people are prompted to it by some particular custom.
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Crime People Progress
Coffee renders many foolish people temporarily capable of wise actions
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Coffee People Wise
Peace is a natural effect of trade.
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Natural Philosophical Trade
False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.
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Happiness Laughter Men
But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.
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Abuse Authority Men
Political liberty in a citizen is that tranquillity of spirit which comes from the opinion each one has of his security, and in order for him to have this liberty the government must be such that one citizen cannot fear another citizen.
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Government Order Political
It is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.
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Government Men Needs
Nature is just to all mankind, and repays them for their industry. She renders them industrious by annexing rewards in proportion to their labor.
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Nature Proportion Rewards
A rational army would run away.
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Army Running War
Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty.
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Luxury Poverty Republic
It is difficult for the united states to be all of equal power and extent.
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Country Difficult Equal United States
There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude… we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.
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Gratitude Men Ties

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If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are. you are comparing your lot with an ideal which is of course better and therefore you feel worse

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