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The wickedness of mankind makes it necessary for the law to suppose them better than they really are.
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Law Mankind Wickedness
Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.
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Abuse Evil Men
It is unreasonable … to oblige a man not to attempt the defense of his own life.
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Defense Men Reason
There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window.
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Another Doors Fortune Window
There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
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Gambling Government Three
An injustice to one is a threat made to all
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Injustice Made Threat
When God endowed human beings with brains, He did not intend to guarantee them.
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Brain Guarantees Humans
Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty.
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Luxury Republic Tyrants
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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Aunt Believe East
Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one’s wit at the expense of one’s better nature.
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Favors Talking Wit
Countries are not cultivated in proportion to their fertility, but to their liberty.
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Country Fertility Liberty
What cowardice it is to be dismayed by the happiness of others and devastated by there good fortune.
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Cowardice Envy Fortune
The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.
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Men Succession Vain
Power ought to serve as a check to power.
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Checks Ought Power
Those who have few affairs to attend to are great speakers. The less men think, the more they talk.
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Men Talking Thinking
…when the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost.
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Corruption Law Republic

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