Countries are not cultivated in proportion to their fertility, but to their liberty.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUMen, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.
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I like peasants-they are not sophisticated enough to reason speciously.
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Democracy is corrupted not only when the spirit of equality is corrupted, but likewise when they fall into a spirit of extreme equality.
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Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.
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The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
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The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.
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No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.
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An injustice to one is a threat made to all
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Solemnity is the shield of idiots
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Vitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth).
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The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and the banner of justice.
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There are bad examples which are worse than crimes; and more states have perished from the violation of morality than from the violation of law.
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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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I shall be obliged to wander to the right and to the left, that I may investigate and discover the truth.
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Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty.
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Very good laws may be ill timed.
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