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The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.

Baron de Montesquieu

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
Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty.
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Luxury Republic Tyrants
Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
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Philosophical Success Time
There is a very good saying that if triangles invented a god, they would make him three-sided.
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Mathematics Three Triangles
Virtue is necessary to a republic.
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Republic Virtue
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
But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.
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Abuse Authority Men
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
Liberty itself has appeared intolerable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it.
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Enjoy Government Liberty
The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and the banner of justice.
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Justice Protection Tyranny
The culminating point of administration is to know well how much power, great or small, we ought to use in all circumstances.
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Administration Power Use
Coffee renders many foolish people temporarily capable of wise actions
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Coffee People Wise
The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.
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Apathy Democracy Wisdom
Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.
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Men People Teamwork
The coffee is prepared in such a way that it makes those who drink it witty: at least there is not a single soul who, on quitting the house, does not believe himself four times wittier that when he entered it.
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Believe Coffee Witty
A man who writes well writes not as others write, but as he himself writes; it is often in speaking badly that he speaks well.
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Men Speak Writing

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