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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 Montesquieu

Honor is unknown in despotic states.
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Despotism Honor States
What unhappy beings men are! They constantly waver between false hopes and silly fears, and instead of relying on reason they create monsters to frighten themselves with, and phantoms which lead them astray.
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Fear Men Silly
Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations derived from the nature of things.
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Law Relation
When we seek after wit, we discover only foolishness.
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Discover Foolishness Wit
Man is a social animal formed to please in society.
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Animal Men Society
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
The alms given to a naked man in the street do not fulfil the obligations of the state, which owes to every citizen a certain subsistence, a proper nourishment, convenient clothing, and a kind of life not incompatible with health.
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Citizens Men Naked
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 laws do not take upon them to punish any other than overt acts.
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Act Law Overt Punish
Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
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Day Happy Independence Law Liberty
When the savages of Louisiana wish to have fruit, they cut the tree at the bottom and gather the fruit. That is exactly a despotic government.
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Cutting Government Tree
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
It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.
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Age Birthday People
The state of slavery is in its own nature bad.
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Bad Nature Slavery States
Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance… the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason.
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Religion Religious War
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

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.

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