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I have never known any distress that an hour’s reading did not relieve.

Baron de Montesquieu

There have never been so many civil wars as in the Kingdom of Christ.
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Civil War Kingdoms War
An injustice to one is a threat made to all
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Injustice Made Threat
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
Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.
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Different States War
Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.
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Comeback Insult Sexuality
The Ottoman Empire whose sick body was not supported by a mild and regular diet, but by a powerful treatment, which continually exhausted it.
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Powerful Sick
It is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.
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Government Men Needs
Injustice towards others is a threat to everybody
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Clever Injustice Threat
When one wants to change manners and customs, one should not do so by changing the laws.
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Law Manners Want
If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would never reveal it; for I am a citizen of humanity first and by necessity, and a citizen of France second, and only by accident
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Country Humanity Patriotism
Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.
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Country Freedom Wells
I have never known any distress that an hour’s reading did not relieve.
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Fearless Philosophical Reading
Politics are a smooth file, which cuts gradually, and attains its end by slow progression.
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Cutting Politics Progression Smooth
Honor sets all the parts of the body politic in motion, and by its very action connects them; thus each individual advances the public good, while he only thinks of promoting his own interest.
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Body Honor Thinking
An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.
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Human Justice Rights Threat
What cowardice it is to be dismayed by the happiness of others and devastated by there good fortune.
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Cowardice Envy Fortune

I have never known any distress that an hour’s reading did not relieve.

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