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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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A good writer does not write as people write, but as he writes.
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There is a very good saying that if triangles invented a god, they would make him three-sided.
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The less men think, the more they talk.
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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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The severity of the laws prevents their execution.
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Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.
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Society is the union of men and not the men themselves.
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When a government lasts a long while, it deteriorates by insensible degrees. Republics end through luxury, monarchies through poverty.
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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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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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An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.
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An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.
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We ought to be very cautious and circumspect in the prosecution of magic and heresy. The attempt to put down these two crimes may be extremely perilous to liberty.
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It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.
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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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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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Luxury ruins republics poverty, monarchies.
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Human laws made to direct the will ought to give precepts, and not counsels.
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