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No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.

Baron de Montesquieu

Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
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Philosophical Success Time
Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.
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Law Overt Punish Undertake
Europe is a state with several provinces
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Country Province Several State
It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.
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Age Birthday People
The incomparable stupidity of life teaches us to love our parents; divine philosophy teaches us to forgive them.
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Forgiveness Love Philosophy
Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.
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Comeback Insult Sexuality
I like peasants-they are not sophisticated enough to reason speciously.
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Enough Reason Sophisticated
As men are affected in all ages by the same passions, the occasions which bring about great changes are different, but the causes are always the same.
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Age Men Passion
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
Never create by law what can be accomplished by morality.
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Courage Law Morality
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 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
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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Another Doors Fortune Window
Injustice towards others is a threat to everybody
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Clever Injustice Threat
The less men think, the more they talk.
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Men Philosophical Thinking
The severity of the laws prevents their execution.
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Execution Law Philosophical

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