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Countries are not cultivated in proportion to their fertility, but to their liberty.

Baron de Montesquieu

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If you would be holy, instruct your children, because all the good acts they perform will be imputed to you.
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Children Holy Imputed Instruct Perform
The less men think, the more they talk.
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Men Philosophical Thinking
The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.
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Law Philosophical Spirit
…when the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost.
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Corruption Law Republic
Power should be a check on power.
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Checks Evil Good
Virtue is necessary to a republic.
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Republic Virtue
Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.
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Given Philosophical Talent
Countries are not cultivated in proportion to their fertility, but to their liberty.
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Country Fertility Liberty
That anyone who possesses power has a tendency to abuse it is an eternal truth. They tend to go as far as the barriers will allow.
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Abuse Peace Tendencies
Ever since the invention of gunpowder.. I continually tremble lest men should, in the end, uncover some secret which would provide a short way of abolishing mankind, of annihilating peoples and nations in their entirety.
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Gunpowder Men Secret
It is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.
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Government Men Needs
Certain kinds of foolishness are such that a greater foolishness would be better.
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Certain Foolishness Kind
Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
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Philosophical Success Time
Vitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth).
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Consecrate Impendere Life Truth
You have to study a great deal to know a little.
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Learning Littles Study
Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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Empty Orignal Praise

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