Vanity and pride of nations; vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUI have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there.
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The less men think, the more they talk.
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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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If you run after wit, you will succeed in catching folly.
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A really intelligent man feels what other men only know.
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The alms given to a naked man in the street do not fulfil the obligations of the state, which owes to every citizen a certain subsistence, a proper nourishment, convenient clothing, and a kind of life not incompatible with health.
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There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion.
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Injustice towards others is a threat to everybody
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I suffer from the disease of writing books and being ashamed of them when they are finished.
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Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.
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Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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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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The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.
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The crime against nature will never make any great progress in society unless people are prompted to it by some particular custom.
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Trade is the best cure for prejudice.
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Peace is a natural effect of trade.
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