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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.

Baron de Montesquieu

Friendship is a contract in which we render small services in expectation of big ones.
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Contract Expectation Friendship
Vanity and pride of nations; vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU

Government Pride Vanity
The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and the banner of justice.
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Justice Protection Tyranny
Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.
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Politics Republic Wisdom
If triangles had a god, he would have three sides.
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God Three Triangles
They who assert that a blind fatality produced the various effects we behold in this world talk very absurdly; for can anything be more unreasonable than to pretend that a blind fatality could be productive of intelligent beings.
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Blind Intelligent World
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
Peace is a natural effect of trade.
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Natural Philosophical Trade
There is something in animals beside the power of motion. They are not machines; they feel.
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Animal Compassion Power
There are bad examples which are worse than crimes; and more states have perished from the violation of morality than from the violation of law.
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Example Law Morality
Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty.
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Luxury Poverty Republic
Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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Empty Orignal Praise
The wickedness of mankind makes it necessary for the law to suppose them better than they really are.
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Law Mankind Wickedness
There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.
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Law Name Tyrant
The state is the association of men, and not men themselves; the citizen may perish, and the man remain.
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Citizens Men Society
Europe is a state with several provinces
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Country Province Several State

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