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I like peasants-they are not sophisticated enough to reason speciously.

Baron de Montesquieu

A good writer does not write as people write, but as he writes.
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People Style Writing
To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.
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Delight Hours Philosophical
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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Abuse Men Power
Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.
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Humanity Law Men
Countries are not cultivated in proportion to their fertility, but to their liberty.
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Country Fertility Liberty
Human laws made to direct the will ought to give precepts, and not counsels.
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Giving Law Made
The prejudices of superstition are superior to all others, and have the strongest influence on the human mind.
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Mind Prejudice Superstitions
Love of the republic in a democracy, is a love of the democracy; love of the democracy is that of equality. Love of the democracy is likewise that of frugality.
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Democracy Equality Love
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
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
Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
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Philosophical Success Time
Trade is the best cure for prejudice.
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Cures Prejudice Trade
It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.
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Adventure Empires Greatness
The spirit of commerce… renders every man willing to live on his own property…& prevents the growth of luxury.
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Growth Luxury Men
Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations derived from the nature of things.
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Law Relation
I like peasants-they are not sophisticated enough to reason speciously.
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Enough Reason Sophisticated

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