The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.
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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Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.
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Honor is unknown in despotic states.
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The pagan religion, which prohibited only some of the grosser crimes, and which stopped the hand but meddled not with the heart, might have crimes that were inexplicable.
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Friendship is a contract in which we render small services in expectation of big ones.
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In constitutional states, liberty is compensation for heavy taxes; in dictatorships, the subsititue is light taxes.
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People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.
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If you would be holy, instruct your children, because all the good acts they perform will be imputed to you.
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Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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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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The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
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Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.
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The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests.
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Solemnity is the shield of idiots
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Peace is a natural effect of trade.
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The Ottoman Empire whose sick body was not supported by a mild and regular diet, but by a powerful treatment, which continually exhausted it.
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