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The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

Baron de Montesquieu

As men are affected in all ages by the same passions, the occasions which bring about great changes are different, but the causes are always the same.
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Age Men Passion
Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance… the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason.
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Religion Religious War
For a country, everything will be lost when the jobs of an economist and a banker become highly respected professions.
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Bankers Country Jobs
Power ought to serve as a check to power.
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Checks Ought Power
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
Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty.
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Luxury Poverty Republic
Never create by law what can be accomplished by morality.
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Courage Law Morality
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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Example Law Morality
It is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour.
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Learning Men Science
To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise.
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Looks Success Wise
If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would never reveal it; for I am a citizen of humanity first and by necessity, and a citizen of France second, and only by accident
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Country Humanity Patriotism
Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.
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Disposition Prejudice Reason
To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.
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Delight Hours Philosophical
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
When we seek after wit, we discover only foolishness.
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Discover Foolishness Wit
Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.
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Bigs Favors Friendship

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