Friendship is a contract in which we render small services in expectation of big ones.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUThe life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.
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Liberty itself has appeared intolerable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it.
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An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.
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There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
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When God endowed human beings with brains, He did not intend to guarantee them.
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Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.
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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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A good writer does not write as people write, but as he writes.
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Solemnity is the shield of idiots
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The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.
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Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one’s wit at the expense of one’s better nature.
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When we seek after wit, we discover only foolishness.
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Never create by law what can be accomplished by morality.
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The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.
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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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In bodies moved, the motion is received, increased, diminished, or lost, according to the relations of the quantity of matter and velocity; each diversity is uniformity, each change is constancy.
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The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.
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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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Trade is the best cure for prejudice.
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Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty.
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When the [law making] and [law enforcement] powers are united in the same person… there can be no liberty.
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Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.
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Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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The history of commerce is that of the communication of the people.
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Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.
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Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
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The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and the banner of justice.
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