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The spirit of commerce… renders every man willing to live on his own property…& prevents the growth of luxury.

Baron de Montesquieu

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
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 the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.
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God Philosophical Two Sides
Politics are a smooth file, which cuts gradually, and attains its end by slow progression.
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Cutting Politics Progression Smooth
Honor sets all the parts of the body politic in motion, and by its very action connects them; thus each individual advances the public good, while he only thinks of promoting his own interest.
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Body Honor Thinking
This punishment of death is the remedy, as it were, of a sick society.
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Punishment Remedy Sick
The alms given to a naked man in the street do not fulfil the obligations of the state, which owes to every citizen a certain subsistence, a proper nourishment, convenient clothing, and a kind of life not incompatible with health.
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Citizens Men Naked
Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
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Philosophical Success Time
…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
Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune.
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Giving Men Slavery
Human laws made to direct the will ought to give precepts, and not counsels.
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Giving Law Made
It is unreasonable … to oblige a man not to attempt the defense of his own life.
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Defense Men Reason
Liberty itself has appeared intolerable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it.
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Enjoy Government Liberty
Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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Empty Orignal Praise
The mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the civilisation of any country.
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Country Criminals Tests
We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU

Education School Two

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