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Virtue is necessary to a republic.

Baron de Montesquieu

In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.
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Institutions Shapes States
It is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.
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Government Men Needs
The state is the association of men, and not men themselves; the citizen may perish, and the man remain.
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Citizens Men Society
Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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Empty Orignal Praise
The coffee is prepared in such a way that it makes those who drink it witty: at least there is not a single soul who, on quitting the house, does not believe himself four times wittier that when he entered it.
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Believe Coffee Witty
In the matter of dress one should always keep below one’s ability.
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Dresses Matter Should
Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty.
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Luxury Poverty Republic
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
In a republic there is no coercive force as in other governments, the laws must therefore endeavor to supply this defect.
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Government Law Republic
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
Those who have few affairs to attend to are great speakers. The less men think, the more they talk.
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Men Talking Thinking
At our coming into the world we contract an immense debt to our country, which we can never discharge.
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Country Debt World
Love of the republic in a democracy, is a love of the democracy; love of the democracy is that of equality. Love of the democracy is likewise that of frugality.
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Democracy Equality Love
Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.
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Disposition Prejudice Reason
The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.
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Apathy Democracy Wisdom
To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise.
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Looks Success Wise

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