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This punishment of death is the remedy, as it were, of a sick society.

Baron de Montesquieu

The prejudices of superstition are superior to all others, and have the strongest influence on the human mind.
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Mind Prejudice Superstitions
The power of divorce can be given only to those who feel the inconveniences of marriage, and who are sensible of the moment when it is for their interest to make them cease.
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Divorce Given Moments
In constitutional states, liberty is compensation for heavy taxes; in dictatorships, the subsititue is light taxes.
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Liberty Light States
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
The less men think, the more they talk.
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Men Philosophical Thinking
What cowardice it is to be dismayed by the happiness of others and devastated by there good fortune.
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Cowardice Envy Fortune
I have never known any distress that an hour’s reading did not relieve.
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Fearless Philosophical Reading
There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.
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Law Name Tyrant
Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.
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Different States War
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
When the [law making] and [law enforcement] powers are united in the same person… there can be no liberty.
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Enforcement Law Liberty
It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.
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Adventure Empires Greatness
It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.
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Age Birthday People
There are bad examples which are worse than crimes; and more states have perished from the violation of morality than from the violation of law.
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Example Law Morality
To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.
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Delight Hours Philosophical
There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window.
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Another Doors Fortune Window

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