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If you would be holy, instruct your children, because all the good acts they perform will be imputed to you.

Baron de Montesquieu

Slowness is frequently the cause of much greater slowness.
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Causes Greater Slowness
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
A good writer does not write as people write, but as he writes.
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People Style Writing
The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.
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Men Succession Vain
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
The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
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Luxury Perfect Republic
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
Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.
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Law Liberty Philosophical
Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.
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Abuse Evil Men
Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.
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Bigs Favors Friendship
The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.
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Law Philosophical Spirit
Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.
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Different States War
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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Aunt Believe East
The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.
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Knowing Long Success
If you would be holy, instruct your children, because all the good acts they perform will be imputed to you.
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Children Holy Imputed Instruct Perform
If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are. you are comparing your lot with an ideal which is of course better and therefore you feel worse
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Believe Gratitude People

If you would be holy, instruct your children, because all the good acts they perform will be imputed to you.

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