It is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUIf you would be holy, instruct your children, because all the good acts they perform will be imputed to you.
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The alms given to a naked man in the street do not fulfil the obligations of the state, which owes to every citizen a certain subsistence, a proper nourishment, convenient clothing, and a kind of life not incompatible with health.
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As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war.
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You have to study a great deal to know a little.
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In the state of nature… all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law.
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The less men think, the more they talk.
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An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.
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What unhappy beings men are! They constantly waver between false hopes and silly fears, and instead of relying on reason they create monsters to frighten themselves with, and phantoms which lead them astray.
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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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The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.
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The prejudices of superstition are superior to all others, and have the strongest influence on the human mind.
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Virtue has needs of limits.
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Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowledge, and that the lore of the East should alone enlighten us.
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The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests.
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Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.
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Politics are a smooth file, which cuts gradually, and attains its end by slow progression.
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