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There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.

~Charles De Secondat

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Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance... the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason.

~Charles De Secondat

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But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.

~Charles De Secondat

Topics: Abuse Apt As Far As Authority Carry Constant Every Every Man Experience Far Go His Invested Man Power Shows Us Will

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You have to study a great deal to know a little.

~Charles De Secondat

Topics: Deal Great Great Deal Know Little Study You

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

~Charles De Secondat

Topics: Insult Longer Loved Misfortune

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People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.

~Charles De Secondat

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Life was given to me as a favor, so I may abandon it when it is one no longer.

~Charles De Secondat

Topics: Abandon Favor Given Life Longer May Me

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Society is the union of men and not the men themselves.

~Charles De Secondat

Topics: Men Society Themselves Union

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The state of slavery is in its own nature bad.

~Charles De Secondat

Topics: Bad Nature Own Slavery State

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In bodies moved, the motion is received, increased, diminished, or lost, according to the relations of the quantity of matter and velocity; each diversity is uniformity, each change is constancy.

~Charles De Secondat

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Philosopher

Born: January 18th, 1689

Died: February 10th, 1755

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