I have ever held it as a maxim never to do that through another which it was impossible for me to execute myself.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUWhen God endowed human beings with brains, He did not intend to guarantee them.
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To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.
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No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.
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Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty.
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The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.
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In constitutional states, liberty is compensation for heavy taxes; in dictatorships, the subsititue is light taxes.
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There are countries where a man is worth nothing; there are others where he is worth less than nothing.
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The laws do not take upon them to punish any other than overt acts.
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Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.
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Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.
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An injustice to one is a threat made to all
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Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.
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If triangles had a god, he would have three sides.
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There is hardly any grief that an hour’s reading will not dissipate.
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It is always the adventurous who accomplish great things.
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