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The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

Baron de Montesquieu

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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Divorce Given Moments
The English are busy folk; they have no time in which to be polite.
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Busy Polite Time
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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Law Real War
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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Fear Men Silly
Power should be a check on power.
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Checks Evil Good
The history of commerce is that of the communication of the people.
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Commerce Communication People
Peace is a natural effect of trade.
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Natural Philosophical Trade
We ought to be very cautious and circumspect in the prosecution of magic and heresy. The attempt to put down these two crimes may be extremely perilous to liberty.
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Magic Two Wisdom
At our coming into the world we contract an immense debt to our country, which we can never discharge.
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Country Debt World
The laws do not take upon them to punish any other than overt acts.
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Act Law Overt Punish
Passion makes us feel, but never see clearly.
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Cleanly Feel Passion
If you run after wit, you will succeed in catching folly.
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Catching Running Succeed
Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.
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Bigs Favors Friendship
With truths of a certain kind, it is not enough to make them appear convincing: one must also make them felt. Of such kind are moral truths.
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Enough Kind Moral
When God endowed human beings with brains, He did not intend to guarantee them.
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Brain Guarantees Humans
I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there.
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Description Paradise Sensible

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