The English are busy; they don’t have time to be polite.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUThe history of commerce is that of the communication of the people.
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People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.
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What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.
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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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An injustice to one is a threat made to all
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Trade is the best cure for prejudice.
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Love of reading enables a man to exchange the weary hours, which come to every one, for hours of delight.
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As virtue is necessary in a republic, and honor in a monarchy, fear is what is required in a despotism. As for virtue, it is not at all necessary, and honor would be dangerous there.
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Democracy is corrupted not only when the spirit of equality is corrupted, but likewise when they fall into a spirit of extreme equality.
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Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty.
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As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war.
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If you would be holy, instruct your children, because all the good acts they perform will be imputed to you.
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When we seek after wit, we discover only foolishness.
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Experience constantly proves that every man who has power is impelled to abuse it; he goes on till he is pulled up by some limits. Who would say it! virtue even has need of limits.
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An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.
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For a country, everything will be lost when the jobs of an economist and a banker become highly respected professions.
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