You have to study a great deal to know a little.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEULiberty itself has appeared intolerable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it.
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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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Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.
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Honor is unknown in despotic states.
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Power ought to serve as a check to power.
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…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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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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Love of reading enables a man to exchange the weary hours, which come to every one, for hours of delight.
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A rational army would run away.
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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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Vanity and pride of nations; vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous.
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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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In the matter of dress one should always keep below one’s ability.
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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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The severity of the laws prevents their execution.
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Peace is a natural effect of trade.
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