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The less men think, the more they talk.

Baron de Montesquieu

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When one wants to change manners and customs, one should not do so by changing the laws.
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Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
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You have to study a great deal to know a little.
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Sometimes a man who deserves to be looked upon because he is a fool is despised only because he is a lawyer.
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Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.
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A fondness for reading changes the inevitable dull hours of our life into exquisite hours of delight.
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The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
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I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there.
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When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
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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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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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As virtue is necessary in a republic, and honor in a monarchy, fear is what is required in a despotism. As for virtue, it is not at all necessary, and honor would be dangerous there.
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The severity of the laws prevents their execution.
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In bodies moved, the motion is received, increased, diminished, or lost, according to the relations of the quantity of matter and velocity each diversity is uniformity, each change is constancy.
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The spirit of commerce... renders every man willing to live on his own property...& prevents the growth of luxury.
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The false notion of miracles comes of our vanity, which makes us believe we are important enough for the Supreme Being to upset nature on our behalf.
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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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