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• Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

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  Philosophical, Law, Liberty

  "The Spirit of the Laws". Treatise by Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, Book XXIX: Of the Manner of Composing Laws, Ch. 16: Things to be Observed in the Composing of Laws, 1748.

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• Wonderful maxim: not to talk of things any more after they are done.

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  Acceptance, Done, Wonderful

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• Power should be a check on power.

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  Evil, Good And Evil, Checks

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• I should like to abolish funerals; the time to mourn a person is at his birth, not his death.

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  Art, Philosophy, History

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• Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.

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  Comeback, Insult, Sexuality

  "Lettres Persanes" by Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu, No. 3. (Zachi writing to Usbek), 1721.

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• 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

  Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (2015). “The Spirit of Laws”, p.539, Library of Alexandria

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• For a country, everything will be lost when the jobs of an economist and a banker become highly respected professions.

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  Country, Jobs, Bankers

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• Liberty... is there only when there is no abuse of power.

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  Abuse, Liberty, Abuse Of Power

  Charles de Secondat Montesquieu, baron de, Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu (2005). “The Spirit of Laws”, p.184, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

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• The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.

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  Wisdom, Democracy, Apathy

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• ...when the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost.

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  Law, Republic, Corruption

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• There should be weeping at a man's birth, not at his death.

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  Men, Birth, Should

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• What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.

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  Philosophical, Depth, Public Speaking

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• Study has been for me the sovereign remedy against all the disappointments of life. I have never known any trouble that an hour's reading would not dissipate.

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  Disappointment, Reading, Sovereign

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• They who love to inform themselves, are never idle. Though I have no business of consequence to take care of, I am nevertheless continually employed. I spend my life in examining things: I write down in the evening whatever I have remarked, what I have seen, and what I have heard in the day: every thing engages my attention, and every thing excites my wonder: I am like an infant, whose organs, as yet tender, are strongly affected by the slightest objects.

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  Writing, Attention, Care

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• Love of reading enables a man to exchange the weary hours, which come to every one, for hours of delight.

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  Reading, Men, Library

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• 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

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• A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.

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  Freedom, Missing, Liberty

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• It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.

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  Birthday, People, Age

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• Passion makes us feel, but never see clearly.

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  Passion, Feels

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• It is unreasonable ... to oblige a man not to attempt the defense of his own life.

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  Men, Defense, Reason

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• The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.

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  Men, Vain, Succession

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• An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.

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  Peace, War, Empires

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• It is always the adventurous who accomplish great things.

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  Adventure, Adventurous, Accomplish

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• Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.

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  Prejudice, Reason, Disposition

  Charles de Secondat Montesquieu, baron de, Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu (2005). “The Spirit of Laws”, p.294, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

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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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  Fear, Silly, Men

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