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Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.

Baron de Montesquieu

The English are busy; they don’t have time to be polite.
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Busy English Polite Time
The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.
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Highway Philosophical Reason
Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.
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Comeback Insult Sexuality
Very good laws may be ill timed.
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Good Law May Very
What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.
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Depth Philosophical Public Speaking
Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.
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Different States War
What unhappy beings men are! They constantly waver between false hopes and silly fears, and instead of relying on reason they create monsters to frighten themselves with, and phantoms which lead them astray.
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Fear Men Silly
It is unreasonable … to oblige a man not to attempt the defense of his own life.
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Defense Men Reason
If triangles had a god, he would have three sides.
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God Three Triangles
To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.
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Delight Hours Philosophical
The crime against nature will never make any great progress in society unless people are prompted to it by some particular custom.
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Crime People Progress
Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.
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Humanity Law Men
There is something in animals beside the power of motion. They are not machines; they feel.
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Animal Compassion Power
If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are. you are comparing your lot with an ideal which is of course better and therefore you feel worse
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Believe Gratitude People
There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
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Gambling Government Three
An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.
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Human Justice Rights Threat

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