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Baron de Montesquieu

The history of commerce is that of the communication of the people.
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Commerce Communication People
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
There are bad examples which are worse than crimes; and more states have perished from the violation of morality than from the violation of law.
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Example Law Morality
Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowledge, and that the lore of the East should alone enlighten us.
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Aunt Believe East
If triangles had a god, he would have three sides.
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God Three Triangles
It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.
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Adventure Empires Greatness
Mediocrity is a hand-rail.
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Confidence Hands Mediocrity
What unhappy beings men are! They constantly waver between false hopes and silly fears, and instead of relying on reason they create monsters to frighten themselves with, and phantoms which lead them astray.
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Fear Men Silly
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 sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.
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Degrees Different Knowing
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 English are busy folk; they have no time in which to be polite.
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Busy Polite Time
The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.
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Law Philosophical Spirit
If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.
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God Philosophical Two Sides
There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
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Gambling Government Three
Virtue in a republic is the love of one’s country, that is the love of equality.
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Country Republic Virtue

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