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Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.

Baron de Montesquieu

Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.
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Bigs Favors Friendship
If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.
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God Philosophical Two Sides
In a republic there is no coercive force as in other governments, the laws must therefore endeavor to supply this defect.
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Government Law Republic
The spirit of commerce… renders every man willing to live on his own property…& prevents the growth of luxury.
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Growth Luxury Men
Politics are a smooth file, which cuts gradually, and attains its end by slow progression.
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Cutting Politics Progression Smooth
I have never known any distress that an hour’s reading did not relieve.
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Fearless Philosophical Reading
Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations arising from the nature of things. In this sense all beings have their laws: the Deity His laws, the material world its laws, the intelligences superior to man their laws, the beasts their laws, man his laws.
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God Nature Science
The false notion of miracles comes of our vanity, which makes us believe we are important enough for the Supreme Being to upset nature on our behalf.
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Believe Miracle Vanity
Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.
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Law Liberty Philosophical
If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are. you are comparing your lot with an ideal which is of course better and therefore you feel worse
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Believe Gratitude People
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
We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us.
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Education School Two
Vanity and pride of nations; vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous.
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Government Pride Vanity
If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would never reveal it; for I am a citizen of humanity first and by necessity, and a citizen of France second, and only by accident
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Country Humanity Patriotism
The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.
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Men Succession Vain
Life was given to me as a favor, so I may abandon it when it is one no longer.
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Favors Given May

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