Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUPolitical 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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If triangles had a god, he would have three sides.
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People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.
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Coffee renders many foolish people temporarily capable of wise actions
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The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.
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Solemnity is the shield of idiots
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Mediocrity is a hand-rail.
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The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.
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One more organ or one less in our body would give us a different intelligence. In fact, all the established laws as to why our body is a certain way would be different if our body were not that way.
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The coffee is prepared in such a way that it makes those who drink it witty: at least there is not a single soul who, on quitting the house, does not believe himself four times wittier that when he entered it.
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Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty.
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When virtue is banished, ambition invades the minds of those who are disposed to receive it and avarice possesses the whole community.
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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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As men are affected in all ages by the same passions, the occasions which bring about great changes are different, but the causes are always the same.
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Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
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Man is a social animal formed to please in society.
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