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There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window.

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It is always the adventurous who accomplish great things.
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Accomplish Adventure Adventurous
Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.
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Law Liberty Philosophical
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
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
Each citizen contributes to the revenues of the State a portion of his property in order that his tenure of the rest may be secure.
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Citizens May Order
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
Friendship is a contract in which we render small services in expectation of big ones.
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Contract Expectation Friendship
Virtue in a republic is the love of one’s country, that is the love of equality.
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Country Republic Virtue
The severity of the laws prevents their execution.
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Execution Law Philosophical
It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.
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Age Birthday People
When God endowed human beings with brains, He did not intend to guarantee them.
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Brain Guarantees Humans
Virtue has needs of limits.
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Limits Needs Virtue
The less men think, the more they talk.
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Men Philosophical Thinking
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
With truths of a certain kind, it is not enough to make them appear convincing: one must also make them felt. Of such kind are moral truths.
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Enough Kind Moral
Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty.
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Luxury Republic Tyrants

There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window.

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