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Study has been for me the sovereign remedy against all the disappointments of life. I have never known any trouble that an hour’s reading would not dissipate.

Baron de Montesquieu

Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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Empty Orignal Praise
Love of reading enables a man to exchange the weary hours, which come to every one, for hours of delight.
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Library Men Reading
Virtue in a republic is the love of one’s country, that is the love of equality.
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Country Republic Virtue
Never create by law what can be accomplished by morality.
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Courage Law Morality
The state of slavery is in its own nature bad.
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Bad Nature Slavery States
Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.
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Politics Republic Wisdom
Society is the union of men and not the men themselves.
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Anger Men Society
There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to help an ally who has been attacked.
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Aggression Order Two War
The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.
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Law Philosophical Spirit
Fain would I glide down a gentle river, but I am carried away by a torrent.
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Away Carried Gentle Rivers
To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise.
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Looks Success Wise
Solemnity is the shield of idiots
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Idiot Shields Stupidity
Democracy is corrupted not only when the spirit of equality is corrupted, but likewise when they fall into a spirit of extreme equality.
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Democracy Fall Spirit
Christianity stamped its character on jurisprudence; for empire has ever a connection with the priesthood.
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Character Connections Jurisprudence
When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.
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Democracy Nerd People
If I knew of something that could serve my nation but would ruin another, I would not propose it to my prince, for I am first a man and only then a Frenchman… because I am necessarily a man, and only accidentally am I French.
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Firsts Men Ruin

Study has been for me the sovereign remedy against all the disappointments of life. I have never known any trouble that an hour’s reading would not dissipate.

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Study has been for me the sovereign remedy against all the disappointments of life. I have never known any trouble that an hour’s reading would not dissipate.

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