Honor sets all the parts of the body politic in motion, and by its very action connects them; thus each individual advances the public good, while he only thinks of promoting his own interest.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU
If triangles had a god, he would have three sides.
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Honor sets all the parts of the body politic in motion, and by its very action connects them; thus each individual advances the public good, while he only thinks of promoting his own interest.
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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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Better it is to say that the government most comfortable to nature is that which best agrees with the humor and disposition of the people in whose favor it is established.
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The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.
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Vanity and pride of nations; vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous.
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Liberty itself has appeared intolerable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it.
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A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.
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In a republic there is no coercive force as in other governments, the laws must therefore endeavor to supply this defect.
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Wherever I find envy I take a pleasure in provoking it: I always praise before an envious man those who make him grow pale.
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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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Study has been for me the sovereign remedy against all the disappointments of life. I have never known any trouble that an hour’s reading would not dissipate.
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I shall ever repeat it, that mankind are governed not by extremes, but by principals of moderation.
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They who assert that a blind fatality produced the various effects we behold in this world talk very absurdly; for can anything be more unreasonable than to pretend that a blind fatality could be productive of intelligent beings.
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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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