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I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there.

Baron de Montesquieu

Happy the people whose annals are tiresome.
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History People Vacant
There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU

Executrix Judging Liberty Separate
Wherever I find envy I take a pleasure in provoking it: I always praise before an envious man those who make him grow pale.
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Envy Men Praise
It is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU

Learning Men Science
As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war.
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Equality Men War
Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.
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Given Philosophical Talent
Passion makes us feel, but never see clearly.
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Cleanly Feel Passion
As men are affected in all ages by the same passions, the occasions which bring about great changes are different, but the causes are always the same.
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Age Men Passion
I shall ever repeat it, that mankind are governed not by extremes, but by principals of moderation.
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Extremes Mankind Moderation
Europe is a state with several provinces
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Country Province Several State
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

Law Real War
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
There is a very good saying that if triangles invented a god, they would make him three-sided.
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Mathematics Three Triangles
Liberty… is there only when there is no abuse of power.
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Abuse Liberty Power
The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.
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Men Succession Vain
When virtue is banished, ambition invades the minds of those who are disposed to receive it and avarice possesses the whole community.
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Ambition Community Mind

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