As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUThe 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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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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Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.
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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.
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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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There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
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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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Europe is a state with several provinces
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In the matter of dress one should always keep below one’s ability.
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Mediocrity is a hand-rail.
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Passion makes us feel, but never see clearly.
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There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix
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Love of reading enables a man to exchange the weary hours, which come to every one, for hours of delight.
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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.
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I suffer from the disease of writing books and being ashamed of them when they are finished.
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I shall be obliged to wander to the right and to the left, that I may investigate and discover the truth.
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For a country, everything will be lost when the jobs of an economist and a banker become highly respected professions.
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The power of divorce can be given only to those who feel the inconveniences of marriage, and who are sensible of the moment when it is for their interest to make them cease.
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Power ought to serve as a check to power.
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Law should be like death, which spares no one.
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Liberty… is there only when there is no abuse of power.
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Men in excess of happiness or misery are equally inclined to severity. Witness conquerors and monks! It is mediocrity alone, and a mixture of prosperous and adverse fortune that inspire us with lenity and pity.
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It is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour.
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Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
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Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?
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Those who have few affairs to attend to are great speakers. The less men think, the more they talk.
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Countries are not cultivated in proportion to their fertility, but to their liberty.
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