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There are bad examples which are worse than crimes; and more states have perished from the violation of morality than from the violation of law.

Baron de Montesquieu

If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.
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God Philosophical Two Sides
A man who writes well writes not as others write, but as he himself writes; it is often in speaking badly that he speaks well.
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Men Speak Writing
The English are busy; they don’t have time to be polite.
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Busy English Polite Time
We ought to be very cautious and circumspect in the prosecution of magic and heresy. The attempt to put down these two crimes may be extremely perilous to liberty.
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Magic Two Wisdom
What cowardice it is to be dismayed by the happiness of others and devastated by there good fortune.
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Cowardice Envy Fortune
Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.
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Lunch Paris Philosophical
Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.
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Luxury Republic Tyrants
We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty.
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Differences Independence Law
Virtue is necessary to a republic.
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Republic Virtue
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 are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
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Gambling Government Three
Friendship is a contract in which we render small services in expectation of big ones.
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Contract Expectation Friendship
Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one’s wit at the expense of one’s better nature.
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Favors Talking Wit
Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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Empty Orignal Praise
In every government there are three sorts of power: the legislative; the executive in respect to things dependent on the law of nations; and the executive in regard to matters that depend on the civil law.
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Government Law Three
An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.
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Future Life Philosophical

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