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Virtue is necessary to a republic.

Baron de Montesquieu

If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would never reveal it; for I am a citizen of humanity first and by necessity, and a citizen of France second, and only by accident
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Country Humanity Patriotism
The love of study is in us the only lasting passion. All the others quit us in proportion as this miserable machine which holds them approaches its ruins.
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Machines Passion Ruins
It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.
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Adventure Empires Greatness
I like peasants-they are not sophisticated enough to reason speciously.
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Enough Reason Sophisticated
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
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Funny Inspirational Integrity Leadership
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
If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.
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Difficult People Since Thinking
Certain kinds of foolishness are such that a greater foolishness would be better.
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Certain Foolishness Kind
Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.
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Disposition Prejudice Reason
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
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
I never listen to calumnies, because if they are untrue I run the risk of being deceived, and if they be true, of hating persons not worth thinking about.
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Hate Running Thinking
If you run after wit, you will succeed in catching folly.
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Catching Running Succeed
The less men think, the more they talk.
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Men Philosophical Thinking
The majority of men are more capable of great actions than of good ones.
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Deed Majority Men
Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.
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Abuse Evil Men

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