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Nature is just to all mankind, and repays them for their industry. She renders them industrious by annexing rewards in proportion to their labor.

Baron de Montesquieu

Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.
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Lunch Paris Philosophical
Passion makes us feel, but never see clearly.
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Cleanly Feel Passion
Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.
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Abuse Evil Men
The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.
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Highway Philosophical Reason
The power of divorce can be given only to those who feel the inconveniences of marriage, and who are sensible of the moment when it is for their interest to make them cease.
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Divorce Given Moments
Power should be a check on power.
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Checks Evil Good
If triangles had a god, he would have three sides.
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God Three Triangles
The love of study is in us the only lasting passion. All the others quit us in proportion as this miserable machine which holds them approaches its ruins.
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Machines Passion Ruins
This punishment of death is the remedy, as it were, of a sick society.
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Punishment Remedy Sick
Life was given to me as a favor, so I may abandon it when it is one no longer.
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Favors Given May
Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.
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Government Liberty Political
When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.
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Democracy Nerd People
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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Age Birthday People
As men are affected in all ages by the same passions, the occasions which bring about great changes are different, but the causes are always the same.
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Age Men Passion
In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.
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Institutions Shapes States
Wonderful maxim: not to talk of things any more after they are done.
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Acceptance Done Wonderful

Nature is just to all mankind, and repays them for their industry. She renders them industrious by annexing rewards in proportion to their labor.

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