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The prejudices of superstition are superior to all others, and have the strongest influence on the human mind.

Baron de Montesquieu

The majority of men are more capable of great actions than of good ones.
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Deed Majority Men
Happy the people whose annals are tiresome.
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History People Vacant
Christianity stamped its character on jurisprudence; for empire has ever a connection with the priesthood.
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Character Connections Jurisprudence
Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
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Philosophical Success Time
Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.
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Law Overt Punish Undertake
We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us.
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Education School Two
Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations derived from the nature of things.
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Law Relation
It is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.
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Government Men Needs
That anyone who possesses power has a tendency to abuse it is an eternal truth. They tend to go as far as the barriers will allow.
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Abuse Peace Tendencies
When one wants to change manners and customs, one should not do so by changing the laws.
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Law Manners Want
Liberty itself has appeared intolerable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it.
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Enjoy Government Liberty
There are bad examples which are worse than crimes; and more states have perished from the violation of morality than from the violation of law.
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Example Law Morality
A fondness for reading changes the inevitable dull hours of our life into exquisite hours of delight.
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Delight Dull Reading
When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.
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Democracy Nerd People
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
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Funny Inspirational Integrity Leadership
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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Abuse Men Power

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