It is always the adventurous who accomplish great things.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUA 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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In the birth of societies it is the chiefs of states who give it its special character; and afterward it is this special character that forms the chiefs of state.
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I have never known any distress that an hour’s reading did not relieve.
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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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It is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour.
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The crime against nature will never make any great progress in society unless people are prompted to it by some particular custom.
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I shall ever repeat it, that mankind are governed not by extremes, but by principals of moderation.
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A fondness for reading changes the inevitable dull hours of our life into exquisite hours of delight.
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Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.
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If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are. you are comparing your lot with an ideal which is of course better and therefore you feel worse
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Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
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Passion makes us feel, but never see clearly.
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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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The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
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An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.
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The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.
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