Love of the republic in a democracy, is a love of the democracy; love of the democracy is that of equality. Love of the democracy is likewise that of frugality.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUIt is clear that in a monarchy, where he who commands the exceution of the laws generally thinks himself above them, there is lessneed of virtue than in a popular government, where the person entrusted with the execution of the laws is sensible of his being subject to their direction.
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There is a very good saying that if triangles invented a god, they would make him three-sided.
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Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.
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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.
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Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.
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You have to study a great deal to know a little.
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Law should be like death, which spares no one.
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Vanity and pride of nations; vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous.
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A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.
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The less men think, the more they talk.
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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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At our coming into the world we contract an immense debt to our country, which we can never discharge.
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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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A really intelligent man feels what other men only know.
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An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.
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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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I shall be obliged to wander to the right and to the left, that I may investigate and discover the truth.
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Friendship is a contract in which we render small services in expectation of big ones.
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The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.
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To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise.
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Society is the union of men and not the men themselves.
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Fain would I glide down a gentle river, but I am carried away by a torrent.
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Life was given to me as a favor, so I may abandon it when it is one no longer.
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Vitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth).
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When God endowed human beings with brains, He did not intend to guarantee them.
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There is something in animals beside the power of motion. They are not machines; they feel.
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In bodies moved, the motion is received, increased, diminished, or lost, according to the relations of the quantity of matter and velocity; each diversity is uniformity, each change is constancy.
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