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What cowardice it is to be dismayed by the happiness of others and devastated by there good fortune.

Baron de Montesquieu

The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and the banner of justice.
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Justice Protection Tyranny
It is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour.
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Learning Men Science
Man is a social animal formed to please in society.
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Animal Men Society
There is a very good saying that if triangles invented a god, they would make him three-sided.
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Mathematics Three Triangles
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
Nature is just to all mankind, and repays them for their industry. She renders them industrious by annexing rewards in proportion to their labor.
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Nature Proportion Rewards
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
Injustice towards others is a threat to everybody
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Clever Injustice Threat
Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.
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Different States War
That anyone who possesses power has a tendency to abuse it is an eternal truth. They tend to go as far as the barriers will allow.
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Abuse Peace Tendencies
The English are busy folk; they have no time in which to be polite.
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Busy Polite Time
Liberty… is there only when there is no abuse of power.
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Abuse Liberty Power
Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.
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Government Liberty Political
The public business must be carried on with a certain motion, neither too quick nor too slow.
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Business Certain Motion Quick Slow
Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
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Day Happy Independence Law Liberty
In every government there are three sorts of power: the legislative; the executive in respect to things dependent on the law of nations; and the executive in regard to matters that depend on the civil law.
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Government Law Three

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