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I should like to abolish funerals; the time to mourn a person is at his birth, not his death.

Baron de Montesquieu

Friendship is a contract in which we render small services in expectation of big ones.
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Contract Expectation Friendship
Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.
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Law Liberty Philosophical
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
False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.
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Happiness Laughter Men
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
Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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Empty Orignal Praise
There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix
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Executrix Judging Liberty Separate
Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.
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Comeback Insult Sexuality
Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.
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Luxury Republic Tyrants
In constitutional states, liberty is compensation for heavy taxes; in dictatorships, the subsititue is light taxes.
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Liberty Light States
A fondness for reading changes the inevitable dull hours of our life into exquisite hours of delight.
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Delight Dull Reading
Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.
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Men People Teamwork
Democracy is corrupted not only when the spirit of equality is corrupted, but likewise when they fall into a spirit of extreme equality.
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Democracy Fall Spirit
An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.
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Human Justice Rights Threat
Virtue in a republic is the love of one’s country, that is the love of equality.
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Country Republic Virtue
The coffee is prepared in such a way that it makes those who drink it witty: at least there is not a single soul who, on quitting the house, does not believe himself four times wittier that when he entered it.
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Believe Coffee Witty

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