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I shall ever repeat it, that mankind are governed not by extremes, but by principals of moderation.

Baron de Montesquieu

The coffee is prepared in such a way that it makes those who drink it witty: at least there is not a single soul who, on quitting the house, does not believe himself four times wittier that when he entered it.
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Believe Coffee Witty
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
Wonderful maxim: not to talk of things any more after they are done.
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Acceptance Done Wonderful
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
The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.
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Men Succession Vain
I have ever held it as a maxim never to do that through another which it was impossible for me to execute myself.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU

Another Execute Impossible Maxims
When the savages of Louisiana wish to have fruit, they cut the tree at the bottom and gather the fruit. That is exactly a despotic government.
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Cutting Government Tree
The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.
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Honesty Integrity War
Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty.
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Luxury Poverty Republic
Liberty… is there only when there is no abuse of power.
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Abuse Liberty Power
The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests.
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Law Real War
Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one’s wit at the expense of one’s better nature.
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Favors Talking Wit
The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
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Luxury Perfect Republic
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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Christian Liberty Stranger
If triangles had a god, he would have three sides.
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God Three Triangles
There are countries where a man is worth nothing; there are others where he is worth less than nothing.
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Country Men Nothing Worth

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