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[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.

Baron de Montesquieu

It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.
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Adventure Empires Greatness
To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise.
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Looks Success Wise
Power should be a check on power.
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Checks Evil Good
If you run after wit, you will succeed in catching folly.
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Catching Running Succeed
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
Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.
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Law Liberty Philosophical
I never listen to calumnies, because if they are untrue I run the risk of being deceived, and if they be true, of hating persons not worth thinking about.
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Hate Running Thinking
The crime against nature will never make any great progress in society unless people are prompted to it by some particular custom.
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Crime People Progress
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
It is difficult for the united states to be all of equal power and extent.
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Country Difficult Equal United States
There are countries where a man is worth nothing; there are others where he is worth less than nothing.
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Country Men Nothing Worth
The majority of men are more capable of great actions than of good ones.
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Deed Majority Men
It is unreasonable … to oblige a man not to attempt the defense of his own life.
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Defense Men Reason
A fondness for reading changes the inevitable dull hours of our life into exquisite hours of delight.
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Delight Dull Reading
One more organ or one less in our body would give us a different intelligence. In fact, all the established laws as to why our body is a certain way would be different if our body were not that way.
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Body Giving Law
Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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Empty Orignal Praise

[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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[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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