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An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.

Baron de Montesquieu

To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise.
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Looks Success Wise
False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.
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Happiness Laughter Men
To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.
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Delight Hours Philosophical
Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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Empty Orignal Praise
Liberty… is there only when there is no abuse of power.
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Abuse Liberty Power
A really intelligent man feels what other men only know.
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Feels Intelligent Men
When virtue is banished, ambition invades the minds of those who are disposed to receive it and avarice possesses the whole community.
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Ambition Community Mind
Certain kinds of foolishness are such that a greater foolishness would be better.
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Certain Foolishness Kind
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
Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.
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Birth Men Philosophical
The wickedness of mankind makes it necessary for the law to suppose them better than they really are.
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Law Mankind Wickedness
There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix
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Executrix Judging Liberty Separate
Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune.
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Giving Men Slavery
What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.
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Depth Philosophical Public Speaking
The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.
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Honesty Integrity War
The spirit of commerce… renders every man willing to live on his own property…& prevents the growth of luxury.
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Growth Luxury Men

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