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Coffee renders many foolish people temporarily capable of wise actions
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Coffee People Wise
Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.
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Politics Republic Wisdom
An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.
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Future Life Philosophical
If I knew of something that could serve my nation but would ruin another, I would not propose it to my prince, for I am first a man and only then a Frenchman… because I am necessarily a man, and only accidentally am I French.
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Firsts Men Ruin
It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.
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Age Birthday People
When the [law making] and [law enforcement] powers are united in the same person… there can be no liberty.
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Enforcement Law Liberty
It is clear that in a monarchy, where he who commands the exceution of the laws generally thinks himself above them, there is lessneed of virtue than in a popular government, where the person entrusted with the execution of the laws is sensible of his being subject to their direction.
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Government Law Thinking
A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.
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Freedom Liberty Missing
Happy the people whose annals are tiresome.
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History People Vacant
Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.
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Abuse Evil Men
When we seek after wit, we discover only foolishness.
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Discover Foolishness Wit
In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.
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Institutions Shapes States
A good writer does not write as people write, but as he writes.
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People Style Writing
I should like to abolish funerals; the time to mourn a person is at his birth, not his death.
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Art History Philosophy
Virtue in a republic is the love of one’s country, that is the love of equality.
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Country Republic Virtue
Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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Empty Orignal Praise

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