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Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowledge, and that the lore of the East should alone enlighten us.

Baron de Montesquieu

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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Believe Coffee Witty
Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.
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Comeback Insult Sexuality
Happy the people whose annals are tiresome.
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History People Vacant
In every government there are three sorts of power: the legislative; the executive in respect to things dependent on the law of nations; and the executive in regard to matters that depend on the civil law.
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Government Law Three
Certain kinds of foolishness are such that a greater foolishness would be better.
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Certain Foolishness Kind
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
It is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour.
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Learning Men Science
For a country, everything will be lost when the jobs of an economist and a banker become highly respected professions.
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Bankers Country Jobs
What unhappy beings men are! They constantly waver between false hopes and silly fears, and instead of relying on reason they create monsters to frighten themselves with, and phantoms which lead them astray.
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Fear Men Silly
The English are busy folk; they have no time in which to be polite.
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Busy Polite Time
There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix
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Executrix Judging Liberty Separate
Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.
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Given Philosophical Talent
No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.
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Blood Kingdoms Philosophical
As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war.
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Equality Men War
False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.
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Happiness Laughter Men
Countries are not cultivated in proportion to their fertility, but to their liberty.
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Country Fertility Liberty

Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowledge, and that the lore of the East should alone enlighten us.

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