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Vitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth).

Baron de Montesquieu

In the matter of dress one should always keep below one’s ability.
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Dresses Matter Should
I shall ever repeat it, that mankind are governed not by extremes, but by principals of moderation.
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Extremes Mankind Moderation
Virtue in a republic is the love of one’s country, that is the love of equality.
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Country Republic Virtue
If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.
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Difficult People Since Thinking
An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.
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Human Justice Rights Threat
The severity of the laws prevents their execution.
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Execution Law Philosophical
Vitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth).
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Consecrate Impendere Life Truth
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
It is difficult for the united states to be all of equal power and extent.
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Country Difficult Equal United States
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
Experience constantly proves that every man who has power is impelled to abuse it; he goes on till he is pulled up by some limits. Who would say it! virtue even has need of limits.
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Abuse Men Power
There are countries where a man is worth nothing; there are others where he is worth less than nothing.
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Country Men Nothing Worth
Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.
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Different States War
The majority of men are more capable of great actions than of good ones.
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Deed Majority Men
If you would be holy, instruct your children, because all the good acts they perform will be imputed to you.
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Children Holy Imputed Instruct Perform
Nature is just to all mankind, and repays them for their industry. She renders them industrious by annexing rewards in proportion to their labor.
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Nature Proportion Rewards

Vitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth).

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