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The power of divorce can be given only to those who feel the inconveniences of marriage, and who are sensible of the moment when it is for their interest to make them cease.

Baron de Montesquieu

Countries are not cultivated in proportion to their fertility, but to their liberty.
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Country Fertility Liberty
The laws do not take upon them to punish any other than overt acts.
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Act Law Overt Punish
The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.
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Honesty Integrity War
Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.
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Disposition Prejudice Reason
The mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the civilisation of any country.
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Country Criminals Tests
The state of slavery is in its own nature bad.
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Bad Nature Slavery States
Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.
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Politics Republic Wisdom
When one wants to change manners and customs, one should not do so by changing the laws.
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Law Manners Want
The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.
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Knowing Long Success
Injustice towards others is a threat to everybody
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Clever Injustice Threat
Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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Empty Orignal Praise
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
If you run after wit, you will succeed in catching folly.
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Catching Running Succeed
Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.
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Government Liberty Political
There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to help an ally who has been attacked.
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Aggression Order Two War
When we seek after wit, we discover only foolishness.
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Discover Foolishness Wit

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