People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUWhen one wants to change manners and customs, one should not do so by changing the laws.
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Love of the republic in a democracy, is a love of the democracy; love of the democracy is that of equality. Love of the democracy is likewise that of frugality.
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Mediocrity is a hand-rail.
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Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.
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I have ever held it as a maxim never to do that through another which it was impossible for me to execute myself.
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An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.
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Liberty itself has appeared intolerable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it.
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A rational army would run away.
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If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.
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Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.
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A really intelligent man feels what other men only know.
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This punishment of death is the remedy, as it were, of a sick society.
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Man is a social animal formed to please in society.
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The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.
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The coffee is prepared in such a way that it makes those who drink it witty: at least there is not a single soul who, on quitting the house, does not believe himself four times wittier that when he entered it.
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Passion makes us feel, but never see clearly.
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