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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

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
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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Body Honor Thinking
Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.
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Politics Republic Wisdom
Great commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words.
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Facts Simplicity Writing
Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.
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Birth Men Philosophical
Each citizen contributes to the revenues of the State a portion of his property in order that his tenure of the rest may be secure.
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Citizens May Order
The laws do not take upon them to punish any other than overt acts.
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Act Law Overt Punish
If triangles had a god, he would have three sides.
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God Three Triangles
No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.
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Blood Kingdoms Philosophical
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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Fear Men Silly
I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there.
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Description Paradise Sensible
Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.
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Disposition Prejudice Reason
Fain would I glide down a gentle river, but I am carried away by a torrent.
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Away Carried Gentle Rivers
The wickedness of mankind makes it necessary for the law to suppose them better than they really are.
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Law Mankind Wickedness
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
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
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Funny Inspirational Integrity Leadership

[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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