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Baron de Montesquieu

There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix
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Executrix Judging Liberty Separate
Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
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Philosophical Success Time
To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.
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Delight Hours Philosophical
Virtue is necessary to a republic.
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Republic Virtue
As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war.
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Equality Men War
If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are. you are comparing your lot with an ideal which is of course better and therefore you feel worse
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Believe Gratitude People
There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude… we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.
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Gratitude Men Ties
Power should be a check on power.
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Checks Evil Good
I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there.
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Description Paradise Sensible
It is difficult for the united states to be all of equal power and extent.
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Country Difficult Equal United States
This punishment of death is the remedy, as it were, of a sick society.
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Punishment Remedy Sick
The English are busy; they don’t have time to be polite.
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Busy English Polite Time
There is something in animals beside the power of motion. They are not machines; they feel.
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Animal Compassion Power
Vanity and pride of nations; vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous.
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Government Pride Vanity
Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowledge, and that the lore of the East should alone enlighten us.
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Aunt Believe East
It is clear that in a monarchy, where he who commands the exceution of the laws generally thinks himself above them, there is lessneed of virtue than in a popular government, where the person entrusted with the execution of the laws is sensible of his being subject to their direction.
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