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Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.

Baron de Montesquieu

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Friendship is a contract in which we render small services in expectation of big ones.
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Wonderful maxim: not to talk of things any more after they are done.
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The Christian religion is a stranger to mere despotic power. The mildness so frequently recommended in the Gospel is incompatible with the despotic rage.
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Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.
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When we seek after wit, we discover only foolishness.
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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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It is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour.
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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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If I knew of something that could serve my nation but would ruin another, I would not propose it to my prince, for I am first a man and only then a Frenchman… because I am necessarily a man, and only accidentally am I French.
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.
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No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.
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It is unreasonable … to oblige a man not to attempt the defense of his own life.
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Solemnity is the shield of idiots
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Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.
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Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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Power ought to serve as a check to power.
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