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Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

Baron de Montesquieu

Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one’s wit at the expense of one’s better nature.
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Favors Talking Wit
Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.
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Country Freedom Wells
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 is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.
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Law Name Tyrant
It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.
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Age Birthday People
Law should be like death, which spares no one.
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Law Spare
Political liberty in a citizen is that tranquillity of spirit which comes from the opinion each one has of his security, and in order for him to have this liberty the government must be such that one citizen cannot fear another citizen.
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Government Order Political
Trade is the best cure for prejudice.
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Cures Prejudice Trade
I suffer from the disease of writing books and being ashamed of them when they are finished.
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Book Suffering Writing
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
Honor is unknown in despotic states.
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Despotism Honor States
Solemnity is the shield of idiots
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Idiot Shields Stupidity
A good writer does not write as people write, but as he writes.
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People Style Writing
Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.
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Government Liberty Political
Certain kinds of foolishness are such that a greater foolishness would be better.
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Certain Foolishness Kind
In constitutional states, liberty is compensation for heavy taxes; in dictatorships, the subsititue is light taxes.
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Liberty Light States

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