In the matter of dress one should always keep below one’s ability.
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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Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.
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There is hardly any grief that an hour’s reading will not dissipate.
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Europe is a state with several provinces
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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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There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.
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In a republic there is no coercive force as in other governments, the laws must therefore endeavor to supply this defect.
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I like peasants-they are not sophisticated enough to reason speciously.
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Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
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The history of commerce is that of the communication of the people.
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A rational army would run away.
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Experience constantly proves that every man who has power is impelled to abuse it; he goes on till he is pulled up by some limits. Who would say it! virtue even has need of limits.
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An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.
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But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.
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The state of slavery is in its own nature bad.
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The crime against nature will never make any great progress in society unless people are prompted to it by some particular custom.
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