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

Baron de Montesquieu

The laws do not take upon them to punish any other than overt acts.
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Act Law Overt Punish
Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.
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Abuse Evil Men
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
People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.
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Arguing People Religion
Sometimes a man who deserves to be looked upon because he is a fool is despised only because he is a lawyer.
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Despise Fool Law Men
To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise.
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Looks Success Wise
The wickedness of mankind makes it necessary for the law to suppose them better than they really are.
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Law Mankind Wickedness
Happy the people whose annals are tiresome.
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History People Vacant
Slowness is frequently the cause of much greater slowness.
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Causes Greater Slowness
I like peasants-they are not sophisticated enough to reason speciously.
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Enough Reason Sophisticated
I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there.
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Description Paradise Sensible
When the [law making] and [law enforcement] powers are united in the same person… there can be no liberty.
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Enforcement Law Liberty
If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.
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God Philosophical Two Sides
It is clear that in a monarchy, where he who commands the exceution of the laws generally thinks himself above them, there is lessneed of virtue than in a popular government, where the person entrusted with the execution of the laws is sensible of his being subject to their direction.
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Government Law Thinking
There is still another inconvenieney in conquests made by democracies; their government is ever odious to the conquered states. It is apparently monarchical, but in reality it is more oppressive than monarchy, as the experience of all ages and countries evinces.
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Country Government Reality
You have to study a great deal to know a little.
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