To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUAn empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.
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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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To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.
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Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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Liberty… is there only when there is no abuse of power.
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A really intelligent man feels what other men only know.
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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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Certain kinds of foolishness are such that a greater foolishness would be better.
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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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Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.
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The wickedness of mankind makes it necessary for the law to suppose them better than they really are.
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There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix
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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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What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.
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The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.
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The spirit of commerce… renders every man willing to live on his own property…& prevents the growth of luxury.
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