Experience constantly proves that every man who has power is impelled to abuse it; he goes on till he is pulled up by some limits. Who would say it! virtue even has need of limits.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUFor a country, everything will be lost when the jobs of an economist and a banker become highly respected professions.
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Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.
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It is always the adventurous who accomplish great things.
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Passion makes us feel, but never see clearly.
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There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix
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The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
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It is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour.
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Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.
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The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.
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Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.
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A really intelligent man feels what other men only know.
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If you would be holy, instruct your children, because all the good acts they perform will be imputed to you.
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Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
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There have never been so many civil wars as in the Kingdom of Christ.
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Fain would I glide down a gentle river, but I am carried away by a torrent.
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When a government lasts a long while, it deteriorates by insensible degrees. Republics end through luxury, monarchies through poverty.
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