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Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty.

Baron de Montesquieu

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
One more organ or one less in our body would give us a different intelligence. In fact, all the established laws as to why our body is a certain way would be different if our body were not that way.
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Body Giving Law
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 majority of men are more capable of great actions than of good ones.
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Deed Majority Men
I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.
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Philosophical Success Wise
Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.
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Lunch Paris Philosophical
When a government is arrived to that degree of corruption as to be incapable of reforming itself, it would not lose much by being new moulded.
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Corruption Degrees Government
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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May Obliged Wander
The prejudices of superstition are superior to all others, and have the strongest influence on the human mind.
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Mind Prejudice Superstitions
Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.
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Given Philosophical Talent
Power ought to serve as a check to power.
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Checks Ought Power
Passion makes us feel, but never see clearly.
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Cleanly Feel Passion
To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.
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Delight Hours Philosophical
When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.
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Democracy Nerd People
As virtue is necessary in a republic, and honor in a monarchy, fear is what is required in a despotism. As for virtue, it is not at all necessary, and honor would be dangerous there.
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Despotism Honor Political Republic
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

Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty.

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