There is hardly any grief that an hour’s reading will not dissipate.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUPeace is a natural effect of trade.
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The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.
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It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.
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If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.
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The wickedness of mankind makes it necessary for the law to suppose them better than they really are.
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Slowness is frequently the cause of much greater slowness.
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There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
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When we seek after wit, we discover only foolishness.
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I shall be obliged to wander to the right and to the left, that I may investigate and discover the truth.
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There are countries where a man is worth nothing; there are others where he is worth less than nothing.
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As virtue is necessary in a republic, and honor in a monarchy, fear is what is required in a despotism. As for virtue, it is not at all necessary, and honor would be dangerous there.
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There is a very good saying that if triangles invented a god, they would make him three-sided.
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Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.
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Sometimes a man who deserves to be looked upon because he is a fool is despised only because he is a lawyer.
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When one wants to change manners and customs, one should not do so by changing the laws.
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Peace is a natural effect of trade.
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