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There is a very good saying that if triangles invented a god, they would make him three-sided.

Baron de Montesquieu

The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.
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Honesty Integrity War
There is hardly any grief that an hour’s reading will not dissipate.
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Grief Hours Reading
Political liberty in a citizen is that tranquillity of spirit which comes from the opinion each one has of his security, and in order for him to have this liberty the government must be such that one citizen cannot fear another citizen.
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Government Order Political
Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.
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Luxury Republic Tyrants
There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude… we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.
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Gratitude Men Ties
The less men think, the more they talk.
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Men Philosophical Thinking
We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty.
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Differences Independence Law
Very good laws may be ill timed.
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Good Law May Very
Certain kinds of foolishness are such that a greater foolishness would be better.
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Certain Foolishness Kind
To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise.
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Looks Success Wise
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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Example Law Morality
An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.
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Human Justice Rights Threat
To lend money without interest, is certainly an action laudable and extremely good; but it is obvious, that it is only a counsel of religion, and not a civil law.
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Action Law Lending
When virtue is banished, ambition invades the minds of those who are disposed to receive it and avarice possesses the whole community.
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Ambition Community Mind
The crime against nature will never make any great progress in society unless people are prompted to it by some particular custom.
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Crime People Progress
Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.
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Disposition Prejudice Reason

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