The state of slavery is in its own nature bad.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUMan, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.
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The history of commerce is that of the communication of the people.
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Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.
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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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I like peasants-they are not sophisticated enough to reason speciously.
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A really intelligent man feels what other men only know.
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The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.
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Law should be like death, which spares no one.
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Vitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth).
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Human laws made to direct the will ought to give precepts, and not counsels.
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To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
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Europe is a state with several provinces
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The English are busy folk; they have no time in which to be polite.
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Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
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There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion.
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I should like to abolish funerals; the time to mourn a person is at his birth, not his death.
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