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Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one’s wit at the expense of one’s better nature.

Baron de Montesquieu

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.
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Freedom Liberty Missing
If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would never reveal it; for I am a citizen of humanity first and by necessity, and a citizen of France second, and only by accident
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Country Humanity Patriotism
There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.
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Law Name Tyrant
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
Power should be a check on power.
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Checks Evil Good
Passion makes us feel, but never see clearly.
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Cleanly Feel Passion
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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Arguing People Religion
No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.
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Blood Kingdoms Philosophical
Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
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Philosophical Success Time
An injustice to one is a threat made to all
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Injustice Made Threat
Trade is the best cure for prejudice.
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Cures Prejudice Trade
Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations derived from the nature of things.
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Law Relation
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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Believe Gratitude People
When a government lasts a long while, it deteriorates by insensible degrees. Republics end through luxury, monarchies through poverty.
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Government Long Luxury
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
Great commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words.
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Facts Simplicity Writing

Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one’s wit at the expense of one’s better nature.

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