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I like peasants-they are not sophisticated enough to reason speciously.

Baron de Montesquieu

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.
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Freedom Liberty Missing
The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.
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Men Succession Vain
I have ever held it as a maxim never to do that through another which it was impossible for me to execute myself.
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Another Execute Impossible Maxims
A fondness for reading changes the inevitable dull hours of our life into exquisite hours of delight.
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Delight Dull Reading
There are countries where a man is worth nothing; there are others where he is worth less than nothing.
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Country Men Nothing Worth
Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.
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Politics Republic Wisdom
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
Friendship is a contract in which we render small services in expectation of big ones.
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Contract Expectation Friendship
To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise.
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Looks Success Wise
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
There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window.
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Another Doors Fortune Window
When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.
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Democracy Nerd People
Democracy has two excesses to avoid: the spirit of inequality, which leads to an aristocracy, or to the government of a single individual; and the spirit of extreme equality, which conducts it to despotism, as the despotism of a single individual finishes by conquest.
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Democracies Government Wisdom
Power should be a check on power.
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Checks Evil Good
Very good laws may be ill timed.
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Good Law May Very
In the state of nature… all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law.
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Equality Law Men

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