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The pagan religion, which prohibited only some of the grosser crimes, and which stopped the hand but meddled not with the heart, might have crimes that were inexplicable.

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Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.
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Comeback Insult Sexuality
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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Despise Fool Law Men
When the savages of Louisiana wish to have fruit, they cut the tree at the bottom and gather the fruit. That is exactly a despotic government.
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Cutting Government Tree
It is unreasonable … to oblige a man not to attempt the defense of his own life.
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Defense Men Reason
Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.
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Government Liberty Political
Europe is a state with several provinces
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Country Province Several State
I shall ever repeat it, that mankind are governed not by extremes, but by principals of moderation.
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Extremes Mankind Moderation
A rational army would run away.
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Army Running War
Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty.
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Luxury Poverty Republic
Very good laws may be ill timed.
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Good Law May Very
The alms given to a naked man in the street do not fulfil the obligations of the state, which owes to every citizen a certain subsistence, a proper nourishment, convenient clothing, and a kind of life not incompatible with health.
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Citizens Men Naked
Slowness is frequently the cause of much greater slowness.
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Causes Greater Slowness
The spirit of commerce… renders every man willing to live on his own property…& prevents the growth of luxury.
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Growth Luxury Men
The Ottoman Empire whose sick body was not supported by a mild and regular diet, but by a powerful treatment, which continually exhausted it.
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Powerful Sick
Peace is a natural effect of trade.
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Natural Philosophical Trade
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

The pagan religion, which prohibited only some of the grosser crimes, and which stopped the hand but meddled not with the heart, might have crimes that were inexplicable.

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The pagan religion, which prohibited only some of the grosser crimes, and which stopped the hand but meddled not with the heart, might have crimes that were inexplicable.

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