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Life was given to me as a favor, so I may abandon it when it is one no longer.

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Coffee renders many foolish people temporarily capable of wise actions
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Coffee People Wise
Great commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words.
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Facts Simplicity Writing
For a country, everything will be lost when the jobs of an economist and a banker become highly respected professions.
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Bankers Country Jobs
Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.
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Given Philosophical Talent
Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.
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Law Liberty Philosophical
An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.
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Empires Peace War
To lend money without interest, is certainly an action laudable and extremely good; but it is obvious, that it is only a counsel of religion, and not a civil law.
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Action Law Lending
When one wants to change manners and customs, one should not do so by changing the laws.
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Law Manners Want
People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.
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Arguing People Religion
An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.
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Human Justice Rights Threat
There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
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Gambling Government Three
Political liberty in a citizen is that tranquillity of spirit which comes from the opinion each one has of his security, and in order for him to have this liberty the government must be such that one citizen cannot fear another citizen.
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Government Order Political
When the [law making] and [law enforcement] powers are united in the same person… there can be no liberty.
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Enforcement Law Liberty
A fondness for reading changes the inevitable dull hours of our life into exquisite hours of delight.
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Delight Dull Reading
Vanity and pride of nations; vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous.
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Government Pride Vanity
We ought to be very cautious and circumspect in the prosecution of magic and heresy. The attempt to put down these two crimes may be extremely perilous to liberty.
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Magic Two Wisdom

Life was given to me as a favor, so I may abandon it when it is one no longer.

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