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Christianity stamped its character on jurisprudence; for empire has ever a connection with the priesthood.

Baron de Montesquieu

Mediocrity is a hand-rail.
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Confidence Hands Mediocrity
When we seek after wit, we discover only foolishness.
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Discover Foolishness Wit
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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Democracy Equality Love
There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
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Gambling Government Three
Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty.
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Luxury Republic Tyrants
Peace is a natural effect of trade.
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Natural Philosophical Trade
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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Another Execute Impossible Maxims
The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.
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Men Succession Vain
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
One more organ or one less in our body would give us a different intelligence. In fact, all the established laws as to why our body is a certain way would be different if our body were not that way.
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Body Giving Law
Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.
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Different States War
A man who writes well writes not as others write, but as he himself writes; it is often in speaking badly that he speaks well.
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Men Speak Writing
Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.
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Birth Men Philosophical
If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.
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Difficult People Since Thinking
The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
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Luxury Perfect Republic
Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.
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Country Freedom Wells

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