Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUThe prejudices of superstition are superior to all others, and have the strongest influence on the human mind.
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An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.
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To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise.
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If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.
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It is always the adventurous who accomplish great things.
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There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude… we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.
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The coffee is prepared in such a way that it makes those who drink it witty: at least there is not a single soul who, on quitting the house, does not believe himself four times wittier that when he entered it.
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Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune.
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There is still another inconvenieney in conquests made by democracies; their government is ever odious to the conquered states. It is apparently monarchical, but in reality it is more oppressive than monarchy, as the experience of all ages and countries evinces.
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It is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.
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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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When God endowed human beings with brains, He did not intend to guarantee them.
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If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.
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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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What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.
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The English are busy; they don’t have time to be polite.
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A good writer does not write as people write, but as he writes.
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The severity of the laws prevents their execution.
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Study has been for me the sovereign remedy against all the disappointments of life. I have never known any trouble that an hour’s reading would not dissipate.
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A man who writes well writes not as others write, but as he himself writes; it is often in speaking badly that he speaks well.
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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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Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.
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When the savages of Louisiana wish to have fruit, they cut the tree at the bottom and gather the fruit. That is exactly a despotic government.
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Coffee renders many foolish people temporarily capable of wise actions
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Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.
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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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Liberty itself has appeared intolerable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it.
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