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The power of divorce can be given only to those who feel the inconveniences of marriage, and who are sensible of the moment when it is for their interest to make them cease.

Baron de Montesquieu

A good writer does not write as people write, but as he writes.
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People Style Writing
Great commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words.
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Facts Simplicity Writing
Honor sets all the parts of the body politic in motion, and by its very action connects them; thus each individual advances the public good, while he only thinks of promoting his own interest.
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Body Honor Thinking
Solemnity is the shield of idiots
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Idiot Shields Stupidity
I like peasants-they are not sophisticated enough to reason speciously.
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Enough Reason Sophisticated
The false notion of miracles comes of our vanity, which makes us believe we are important enough for the Supreme Being to upset nature on our behalf.
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Believe Miracle Vanity
When God endowed human beings with brains, He did not intend to guarantee them.
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Brain Guarantees Humans
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
An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.
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Human Justice Rights Threat
The mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the civilisation of any country.
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Country Criminals Tests
Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?
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God Religion Thinking
The state is the association of men, and not men themselves; the citizen may perish, and the man remain.
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Citizens Men Society
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 become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
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Funny Inspirational Integrity Leadership
To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise.
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Looks Success Wise
There is still another inconvenieney in conquests made by democracies; their government is ever odious to the conquered states. It is apparently monarchical, but in reality it is more oppressive than monarchy, as the experience of all ages and countries evinces.
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Country Government Reality

The power of divorce can be given only to those who feel the inconveniences of marriage, and who are sensible of the moment when it is for their interest to make them cease.

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