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There is hardly any grief that an hour's reading will not dissipate.

Baron de Montesquieu

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The prejudices of superstition are superior to all others, and have the strongest influence on the human mind.
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An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.
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Men in excess of happiness or misery are equally inclined to severity. Witness conquerors and monks! It is mediocrity alone, and a mixture of prosperous and adverse fortune that inspire us with lenity and pity.
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It is clear that in a monarchy, where he who commands the exceution of the laws generally thinks himself above them, there is lessneed of virtue than in a popular government, where the person entrusted with the execution of the laws is sensible of his being subject to their direction.
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