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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

Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance… the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason.
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Religion Religious War
Virtue has needs of limits.
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Limits Needs Virtue
If triangles had a god, he would have three sides.
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God Three Triangles
Countries are not cultivated in proportion to their fertility, but to their liberty.
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Country Fertility Liberty
The wickedness of mankind makes it necessary for the law to suppose them better than they really are.
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Law Mankind Wickedness
If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would never reveal it; for I am a citizen of humanity first and by necessity, and a citizen of France second, and only by accident
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Country Humanity Patriotism
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
Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.
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Men People Teamwork
To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.
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Delight Hours Philosophical
Never create by law what can be accomplished by morality.
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Courage Law Morality
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
An injustice to one is a threat made to all
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Injustice Made Threat
There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window.
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Another Doors Fortune Window
Power should be a check on power.
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Checks Evil Good
There is something in animals beside the power of motion. They are not machines; they feel.
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Animal Compassion Power
The public business must be carried on with a certain motion, neither too quick nor too slow.
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Business Certain Motion Quick Slow

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