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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.

Baron de Montesquieu

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The Ottoman Empire whose sick body was not supported by a mild and regular diet, but by a powerful treatment, which continually exhausted it.
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Powerful Sick
Law should be like death, which spares no one.
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Law Spare
Very good laws may be ill timed.
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Good Law May Very
Coffee renders many foolish people temporarily capable of wise actions
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Coffee People Wise
The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.
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Highway Philosophical Reason
If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.
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God Philosophical Two Sides
A rational army would run away.
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Army Running War
The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
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Luxury Perfect Republic
Power should be a check on power.
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Checks Evil Good
An injustice to one is a threat made to all
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Injustice Made Threat
But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.
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Abuse Authority Men
It is always the adventurous who accomplish great things.
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Accomplish Adventure Adventurous
It is unreasonable … to oblige a man not to attempt the defense of his own life.
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Defense Men Reason
Men in excess of happiness or misery are equally inclined to severity. Witness conquerors and monks! It is mediocrity alone, and a mixture of prosperous and adverse fortune that inspire us with lenity and pity.
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Inspire Men Mixtures
The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.
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Knowing Long Success
It is difficult for the united states to be all of equal power and extent.
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Country Difficult Equal United States

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