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It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.

Baron de Montesquieu

Great commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words.
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Facts Simplicity Writing
Virtue in a republic is the love of one’s country, that is the love of equality.
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Country Republic Virtue
In the matter of dress one should always keep below one’s ability.
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Dresses Matter Should
Virtue has needs of limits.
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Limits Needs Virtue
The English are busy; they don’t have time to be polite.
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Busy English Polite Time
When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
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Law Liberty Umpires
There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion.
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Law Passion Powerful
Human laws made to direct the will ought to give precepts, and not counsels.
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Giving Law Made
Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.
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Law Liberty Philosophical
Passion makes us feel, but never see clearly.
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Cleanly Feel Passion
Those who have few affairs to attend to are great speakers. The less men think, the more they talk.
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Men Talking Thinking
The pagan religion, which prohibited only some of the grosser crimes, and which stopped the hand but meddled not with the heart, might have crimes that were inexplicable.
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Hands Heart might
No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.
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Blood Kingdoms Philosophical
Political 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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Government Order Political
Certain kinds of foolishness are such that a greater foolishness would be better.
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Certain Foolishness Kind
The spirit of commerce… renders every man willing to live on his own property…& prevents the growth of luxury.
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Growth Luxury Men

It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.

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