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Great commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words.

Baron de Montesquieu

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
If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.
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Difficult People Since Thinking
An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.
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Empires Peace War
The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.
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Highway Philosophical Reason
[The Pope] will make the king believe that three are only one, that the bread he eats is not bread… and a thousand other things of the same kind.
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Believe Kings Religion
It is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.
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Government Men Needs
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
Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.
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Law Liberty Philosophical
Ever since the invention of gunpowder.. I continually tremble lest men should, in the end, uncover some secret which would provide a short way of abolishing mankind, of annihilating peoples and nations in their entirety.
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Gunpowder Men Secret
Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.
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Law Liberty Philosophical
Certain kinds of foolishness are such that a greater foolishness would be better.
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Certain Foolishness Kind
Liberty itself has appeared intolerable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it.
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Enjoy Government Liberty
The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and the banner of justice.
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Justice Protection Tyranny
Injustice towards others is a threat to everybody
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Clever Injustice Threat
Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.
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Abuse Evil Men
The mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the civilisation of any country.
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Country Criminals Tests

Great commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words.

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