The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.
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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.Charles de Montesquieu
In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.
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The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.
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What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.
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To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
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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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