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Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one’s wit at the expense of one’s better nature.

Baron de Montesquieu

Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
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Philosophical Success Time
The prejudices of superstition are superior to all others, and have the strongest influence on the human mind.
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Mind Prejudice Superstitions
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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Law Real War
Virtue has needs of limits.
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Limits Needs Virtue
The culminating point of administration is to know well how much power, great or small, we ought to use in all circumstances.
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Administration Power Use
What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.
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Depth Philosophical Public Speaking
Passion makes us feel, but never see clearly.
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Cleanly Feel Passion
There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
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Gambling Government Three
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
Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.
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Abuse Evil Men
I suffer from the disease of writing books and being ashamed of them when they are finished.
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Book Suffering Writing
The history of commerce is that of the communication of the people.
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Commerce Communication People
There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude… we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.
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Gratitude Men Ties
I never listen to calumnies, because if they are untrue I run the risk of being deceived, and if they be true, of hating persons not worth thinking about.
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Hate Running Thinking
Vanity and pride of nations; vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous.
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Government Pride Vanity
Certain kinds of foolishness are such that a greater foolishness would be better.
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Certain Foolishness Kind

Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one’s wit at the expense of one’s better nature.

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