Thus the creation, which seems an arbitrary act, supposes laws as invariable as those of the fatality of the Atheists. It would be absurd to say that the Creator might govern the world without those rules, since without them it could not subsist.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUWhen 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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It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.
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Slowness is frequently the cause of much greater slowness.
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It is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour.
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With truths of a certain kind, it is not enough to make them appear convincing: one must also make them felt. Of such kind are moral truths.
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Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty.
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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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Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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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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The incomparable stupidity of life teaches us to love our parents; divine philosophy teaches us to forgive them.
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The mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the civilisation of any country.
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Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.
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There is a very good saying that if triangles invented a god, they would make him three-sided.
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What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.
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Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.
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If triangles had a god, he would have three sides.
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