Passion makes us feel, but never see clearly.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU
In the matter of dress one should always keep below one’s ability.
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Liberty… is there only when there is no abuse of power.
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I acknowledge that history is full of religious wars: but we must distinguish; it is not the multiplicity of religions which has produced these wars; it was the intolerating spirit which animated that one which thought she had the power of governing.
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There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude… we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.
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Power ought to serve as a check to power.
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Friendship is a contract in which we render small services in expectation of big ones.
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The history of commerce is that of the communication of the people.
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The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
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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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Life was given to me as a favor, so I may abandon it when it is one no longer.
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An injustice to one is a threat made to all
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Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.
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It is difficult for the united states to be all of equal power and extent.
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The culminating point of administration is to know well how much power, great or small, we ought to use in all circumstances.
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