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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

You have to study a great deal to know a little.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU

Learning Littles Study
Human laws made to direct the will ought to give precepts, and not counsels.
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Giving Law Made
Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.
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Birth Men Philosophical
Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.
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Disposition Prejudice Reason
Very good laws may be ill timed.
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Good Law May Very
I suffer from the disease of writing books and being ashamed of them when they are finished.
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Book Suffering Writing
An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.
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Human Justice Rights Threat
When a government lasts a long while, it deteriorates by insensible degrees. Republics end through luxury, monarchies through poverty.
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Government Long Luxury
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
It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.
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Age Birthday People
Ever since the invention of gunpowder.. I continually tremble lest men should, in the end, uncover some secret which would provide a short way of abolishing mankind, of annihilating peoples and nations in their entirety.
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Gunpowder Men Secret
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
If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.
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Difficult People Since Thinking
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
To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise.
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Looks Success Wise
It is difficult for the united states to be all of equal power and extent.
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Country Difficult Equal United States

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