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The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests.

Baron de Montesquieu

I shall be obliged to wander to the right and to the left, that I may investigate and discover the truth.
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May Obliged Wander
Man is a social animal formed to please in society.
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Animal Men Society
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
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
Virtue in a republic is the love of one’s country, that is the love of equality.
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Country Republic Virtue
It is unreasonable … to oblige a man not to attempt the defense of his own life.
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Defense Men Reason
To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.
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Delight Hours Philosophical
Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.
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Law Overt Punish Undertake
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
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
If I knew of something that could serve my nation but would ruin another, I would not propose it to my prince, for I am first a man and only then a Frenchman… because I am necessarily a man, and only accidentally am I French.
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Firsts Men Ruin
Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.
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Abuse Evil Men
There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to help an ally who has been attacked.
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Aggression Order Two War
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
No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.
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Blood Kingdoms Philosophical
The false notion of miracles comes of our vanity, which makes us believe we are important enough for the Supreme Being to upset nature on our behalf.
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Believe Miracle Vanity

The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests.

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