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Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations arising from the nature of things. In this sense all beings have their laws: the Deity His laws, the material world its laws, the intelligences superior to man their laws, the beasts their laws, man his laws.

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Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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Empty Orignal Praise
Man is a social animal formed to please in society.
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Animal Men Society
A fondness for reading changes the inevitable dull hours of our life into exquisite hours of delight.
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Delight Dull Reading
Christianity stamped its character on jurisprudence; for empire has ever a connection with the priesthood.
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Character Connections Jurisprudence
The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests.
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Law Real War
There should be weeping at a man’s birth, not at his death.
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Birth Death Men Weep
For a country, everything will be lost when the jobs of an economist and a banker become highly respected professions.
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Bankers Country Jobs
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
Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
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Day Happy Independence Law Liberty
Injustice towards others is a threat to everybody
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Clever Injustice Threat
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
Society is the union of men and not the men themselves.
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Anger Men Society
Virtue is necessary to a republic.
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Republic Virtue
A rational army would run away.
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Army Running War
Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.
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Lunch Paris Philosophical
The wickedness of mankind makes it necessary for the law to suppose them better than they really are.
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Law Mankind Wickedness

Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations arising from the nature of things. In this sense all beings have their laws: the Deity His laws, the material world its laws, the intelligences superior to man their laws, the beasts their laws, man his laws.

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Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations arising from the nature of things. In this sense all beings have their laws: the Deity His laws, the material world its laws, the intelligences superior to man their laws, the beasts their laws, man his laws.

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