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Liberty itself has appeared intolerable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it.

Baron de Montesquieu

You have to study a great deal to know a little.
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Learning Littles Study
I shall be obliged to wander to the right and to the left, that I may investigate and discover the truth.
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May Obliged Wander
Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.
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Humanity Law Men
Honor is unknown in despotic states.
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Despotism Honor States
Power ought to serve as a check to power.
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Checks Ought Power
…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
As virtue is necessary in a republic, and honor in a monarchy, fear is what is required in a despotism. As for virtue, it is not at all necessary, and honor would be dangerous there.
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Despotism Honor Political Republic
Love of reading enables a man to exchange the weary hours, which come to every one, for hours of delight.
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Library Men Reading
A rational army would run away.
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Army Running War
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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Gratitude Men Ties
Vanity and pride of nations; vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous.
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Government Pride Vanity
Political liberty in a citizen is that tranquillity of spirit which comes from the opinion each one has of his security, and in order for him to have this liberty the government must be such that one citizen cannot fear another citizen.
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Government Order Political
In the matter of dress one should always keep below one’s ability.
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Dresses Matter Should
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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Believe Gratitude People
The severity of the laws prevents their execution.
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Execution Law Philosophical
Peace is a natural effect of trade.
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Natural Philosophical Trade

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