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Certain kinds of foolishness are such that a greater foolishness would be better.

Baron de Montesquieu

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There is something in animals beside the power of motion. They are not machines; they feel.
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Animal Compassion Power
Human laws made to direct the will ought to give precepts, and not counsels.
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Giving Law Made
Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.
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Law Liberty Philosophical
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
Honor is unknown in despotic states.
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Despotism Honor States
When God endowed human beings with brains, He did not intend to guarantee them.
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Brain Guarantees Humans
Each citizen contributes to the revenues of the State a portion of his property in order that his tenure of the rest may be secure.
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Citizens May Order
The English are busy; they don’t have time to be polite.
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Busy English Polite Time
I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.
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Philosophical Success Wise
Democracy is corrupted not only when the spirit of equality is corrupted, but likewise when they fall into a spirit of extreme equality.
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Democracy Fall Spirit
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.
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Abuse Men Power
Injustice towards others is a threat to everybody
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Clever Injustice Threat
Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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Empty Orignal Praise
Slowness is frequently the cause of much greater slowness.
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Causes Greater Slowness
The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.
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Highway Philosophical Reason
The state of slavery is in its own nature bad.
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Bad Nature Slavery States

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