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The laws do not take upon them to punish any other than overt acts.

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To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
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Funny Inspirational Integrity Leadership
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
If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are. you are comparing your lot with an ideal which is of course better and therefore you feel worse
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Believe Gratitude People
An injustice to one is a threat made to all
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Injustice Made Threat
Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.
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Law Overt Punish Undertake
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 spirit of commerce… renders every man willing to live on his own property…& prevents the growth of luxury.
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Growth Luxury Men
The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.
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Law Philosophical Spirit
The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.
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Highway Philosophical 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
If you would be holy, instruct your children, because all the good acts they perform will be imputed to you.
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Children Holy Imputed Instruct Perform
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
Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.
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Humanity Law Men
Coffee renders many foolish people temporarily capable of wise actions
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Coffee People Wise
Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.
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Law Liberty Philosophical
Christianity stamped its character on jurisprudence; for empire has ever a connection with the priesthood.
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Character Connections Jurisprudence

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