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Love of reading enables a man to exchange the weary hours, which come to every one, for hours of delight.

Baron de Montesquieu

Christianity stamped its character on jurisprudence; for empire has ever a connection with the priesthood.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU

Character Connections Jurisprudence
Solemnity is the shield of idiots
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU

Idiot Shields Stupidity
They who assert that a blind fatality produced the various effects we behold in this world talk very absurdly; for can anything be more unreasonable than to pretend that a blind fatality could be productive of intelligent beings.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU

Blind Intelligent World
I acknowledge that history is full of religious wars: but we must distinguish; it is not the multiplicity of religions which has produced these wars; it was the intolerating spirit which animated that one which thought she had the power of governing.
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Religious Spirit War
Virtue is necessary to a republic.
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Republic Virtue
The English are busy folk; they have no time in which to be polite.
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Busy Polite Time
I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.
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Philosophical Success Wise
If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU

God Philosophical Two Sides
I shall ever repeat it, that mankind are governed not by extremes, but by principals of moderation.
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Extremes Mankind Moderation
Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty.
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Luxury Poverty Republic
If triangles had a god, he would have three sides.
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God Three Triangles
Very good laws may be ill timed.
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Good Law May Very
Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one’s wit at the expense of one’s better nature.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU

Favors Talking Wit
The majority of men are more capable of great actions than of good ones.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU

Deed Majority Men
False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.
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Happiness Laughter Men
Happy the people whose annals are tiresome.
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History People Vacant

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