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To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.

Baron de Montesquieu

The prejudices of superstition are superior to all others, and have the strongest influence on the human mind.
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Mind Prejudice Superstitions
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.
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Arguing People Religion
The mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the civilisation of any country.
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Country Criminals Tests
In the birth of societies it is the chiefs of states who give it its special character; and afterward it is this special character that forms the chiefs of state.
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Character Giving Leadership
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
That anyone who possesses power has a tendency to abuse it is an eternal truth. They tend to go as far as the barriers will allow.
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Abuse Peace Tendencies
It is unreasonable … to oblige a man not to attempt the defense of his own life.
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Defense Men Reason
To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.
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Delight Hours Philosophical
There is hardly any grief that an hour’s reading will not dissipate.
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Grief Hours Reading
Very good laws may be ill timed.
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Good Law May Very
Law should be like death, which spares no one.
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Law Spare
Great commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words.
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Facts Simplicity Writing
It is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.
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Government Men Needs
The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.
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Men Succession Vain
At our coming into the world we contract an immense debt to our country, which we can never discharge.
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Country Debt World
Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.
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Men People Teamwork

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