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Charles de Montesquieu (1689 - 1755)
French lawyer & philosopher [more author details]
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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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Happiness is not the absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them.
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In the state of nature...all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law.
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The love of democracy is that of equality.
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In the state of nature, indeed, all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the laws.
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Charles de Montesquieu, The Spirit of Laws, 1748
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