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Those who have few affairs to attend to are great speakers. The less men think, the more they talk.

Baron de Montesquieu

Slowness is frequently the cause of much greater slowness.
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Causes Greater Slowness
The false notion of miracles comes of our vanity, which makes us believe we are important enough for the Supreme Being to upset nature on our behalf.
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Believe Miracle Vanity
In the birth of societies it is the chiefs of states who give it its special character; and afterward it is this special character that forms the chiefs of state.
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Character Giving Leadership
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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Despise Fool Law Men
It is unreasonable … to oblige a man not to attempt the defense of his own life.
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Defense Men Reason
Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
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Day Happy Independence Law Liberty
We ought to be very cautious and circumspect in the prosecution of magic and heresy. The attempt to put down these two crimes may be extremely perilous to liberty.
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Magic Two Wisdom
There is something in animals beside the power of motion. They are not machines; they feel.
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Animal Compassion Power
Man is a social animal formed to please in society.
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Animal Men Society
False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.
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Happiness Laughter Men
Liberty… is there only when there is no abuse of power.
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Abuse Liberty Power
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
When a government is arrived to that degree of corruption as to be incapable of reforming itself, it would not lose much by being new moulded.
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Corruption Degrees Government
The majority of men are more capable of great actions than of good ones.
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Deed Majority Men
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
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
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Funny Inspirational Integrity Leadership

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