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Honor is unknown in despotic states.

Baron de Montesquieu

Love of the republic in a democracy, is a love of the democracy; love of the democracy is that of equality. Love of the democracy is likewise that of frugality.
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Democracy Equality Love
Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.
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Birth Men Philosophical
Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.
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Men People Teamwork
Vanity and pride of nations; vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous.
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Government Pride Vanity
To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.
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Delight Hours Philosophical
Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.
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Law Liberty Philosophical
If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.
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God Philosophical Two Sides
At our coming into the world we contract an immense debt to our country, which we can never discharge.
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Country Debt World
Man is a social animal formed to please in society.
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Animal Men Society
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
Vitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth).
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Consecrate Impendere Life Truth
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
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
The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.
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Knowing Long Success
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
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

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