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

Baron de Montesquieu

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
Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.
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Men People Teamwork
Happy the people whose annals are tiresome.
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History People Vacant
As men are affected in all ages by the same passions, the occasions which bring about great changes are different, but the causes are always the same.
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Age Men Passion
As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war.
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Equality Men War
The power of divorce can be given only to those who feel the inconveniences of marriage, and who are sensible of the moment when it is for their interest to make them cease.
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Divorce Given Moments
It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.
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Adventure Empires Greatness
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
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
Love of the republic in a democracy, is a love of the democracy; love of the democracy is that of equality. Love of the democracy is likewise that of frugality.
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Democracy Equality Love
Power should be a check on power.
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Checks Evil Good
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
Those who have few affairs to attend to are great speakers. The less men think, the more they talk.
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Men Talking Thinking
Law in general is human reason, inasmuch as it governs all the inhabitants of the earth: the political and civil laws of each nation ought to be only the particular cases in which human reason is applied.
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Earth Law Political
The incomparable stupidity of life teaches us to love our parents; divine philosophy teaches us to forgive them.
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Forgiveness Love Philosophy
The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
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Luxury Perfect Republic

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