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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.

Baron de Montesquieu

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.
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Future Life Philosophical
Vanity and pride of nations; vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous.
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Government Pride Vanity
What unhappy beings men are! They constantly waver between false hopes and silly fears, and instead of relying on reason they create monsters to frighten themselves with, and phantoms which lead them astray.
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Fear Men Silly
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
Vitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth).
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Consecrate Impendere Life Truth
I have ever held it as a maxim never to do that through another which it was impossible for me to execute myself.
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Another Execute Impossible Maxims
The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.
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Highway Philosophical Reason
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
In the matter of dress one should always keep below one’s ability.
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Dresses Matter Should
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
A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.
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Freedom Liberty Missing
If you would be holy, instruct your children, because all the good acts they perform will be imputed to you.
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Children Holy Imputed Instruct Perform
When one wants to change manners and customs, one should not do so by changing the laws.
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Law Manners Want
Sometimes a man who deserves to be looked upon because he is a fool is despised only because he is a lawyer.
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Despise Fool Law Men
There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion.
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Law Passion Powerful
Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.
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Comeback Insult Sexuality

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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