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There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window.

Baron de Montesquieu

Law in general is human reason, inasmuch as it governs all the inhabitants of the earth: the political and civil laws of each nation ought to be only the particular cases in which human reason is applied.
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Earth Law Political
I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there.
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Description Paradise Sensible
When we seek after wit, we discover only foolishness.
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Discover Foolishness Wit
Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.
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Men People Teamwork
This punishment of death is the remedy, as it were, of a sick society.
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Punishment Remedy Sick
Injustice towards others is a threat to everybody
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Clever Injustice Threat
You have to study a great deal to know a little.
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Learning Littles Study
The English are busy; they don’t have time to be polite.
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Busy English Polite Time
There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.
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Law Name Tyrant
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.
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Example Law Morality
Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty.
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Luxury Poverty Republic
Political liberty in a citizen is that tranquillity of spirit which comes from the opinion each one has of his security, and in order for him to have this liberty the government must be such that one citizen cannot fear another citizen.
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Government Order Political
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
The Christian religion is a stranger to mere despotic power. The mildness so frequently recommended in the Gospel is incompatible with the despotic rage.
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Christian Liberty Stranger
Each citizen contributes to the revenues of the State a portion of his property in order that his tenure of the rest may be secure.
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Citizens May Order
I shall ever repeat it, that mankind are governed not by extremes, but by principals of moderation.
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Extremes Mankind Moderation

There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window.

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