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The history of commerce is that of the communication of the people.

Baron de Montesquieu

In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.
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Institutions Shapes States
The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.
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Highway Philosophical Reason
To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise.
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Looks Success Wise
A good writer does not write as people write, but as he writes.
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People Style Writing
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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Happiness Laughter Men
You have to study a great deal to know a little.
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Learning Littles Study
There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
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Gambling Government Three
Study has been for me the sovereign remedy against all the disappointments of life. I have never known any trouble that an hour’s reading would not dissipate.
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Disappointment Reading Sovereign
There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude… we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.
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Gratitude Men Ties
Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.
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Law Liberty Philosophical
Solemnity is the shield of idiots
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Idiot Shields Stupidity
Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty.
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Luxury Poverty Republic
Liberty itself has appeared intolerable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it.
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Enjoy Government Liberty
[The Pope] will make the king believe that three are only one, that the bread he eats is not bread… and a thousand other things of the same kind.
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Believe Kings Religion
Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.
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Men People Teamwork
If triangles had a god, he would have three sides.
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God Three Triangles

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