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There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.

Baron de Montesquieu

Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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Empty Orignal Praise
Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations derived from the nature of things.
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Law Relation
Virtue is necessary to a republic.
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Republic Virtue
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
The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.
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Degrees Different Knowing
The incomparable stupidity of life teaches us to love our parents; divine philosophy teaches us to forgive them.
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Forgiveness Love Philosophy
Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.
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Given Philosophical Talent
Nature is just to all mankind, and repays them for their industry. She renders them industrious by annexing rewards in proportion to their labor.
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Nature Proportion Rewards
The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.
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Law Philosophical Spirit
Europe is a state with several provinces
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Country Province Several State
The coffee is prepared in such a way that it makes those who drink it witty: at least there is not a single soul who, on quitting the house, does not believe himself four times wittier that when he entered it.
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Believe Coffee Witty
When we seek after wit, we discover only foolishness.
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Discover Foolishness Wit
If you run after wit, you will succeed in catching folly.
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Catching Running Succeed
Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
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Day Happy Independence Law Liberty
There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix
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Executrix Judging Liberty Separate
Thus the creation, which seems an arbitrary act, supposes laws as invariable as those of the fatality of the Atheists. It would be absurd to say that the Creator might govern the world without those rules, since without them it could not subsist.
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Atheism Atheist Law

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