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Weak minds exaggerate too much the wrong done to the Africans.

~Charles De Secondat

Topics: African Done Exaggerate Minds Much Too Too Much Weak Weak Minds Wrong

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Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.

~Charles De Secondat

Topics: Honorable Individually Mass Men People Rogues Very Who

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Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature.

~Charles De Secondat

Topics: Better Expense Favor Mode Nature Speaking Wit

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The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.

~Charles De Secondat

Topics: Depends How Knowing Long Most Succeed Success Take Things Will

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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise.

~Charles De Secondat

Topics: Always Appear Fool Like Observed Should Succeed Wise World

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If I knew of something that could serve my nation but would ruin another, I would not propose it to my prince, for I am first a man and only then a Frenchman... because I am necessarily a man, and only accidentally am I French.

~Charles De Secondat

Topics: Accidentally Am Another Because Could First French Knew Man Nation Necessarily Only Prince Propose Ruin Serve Something Then Would I Am

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Happy the people whose annals are tiresome.

~Charles De Secondat

Topics: Happy People Tiresome Whose

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Power ought to serve as a check to power.

~Charles De Secondat

Topics: Check Ought Power Serve

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Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowledge, and that the lore of the East should alone enlighten us.

~Charles De Secondat

Topics: Alone Although Believe Born Boundaries Did East Enlighten Knowledge Limit Lore Our Prosperous Realm Should Us

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They who assert that a blind fatality produced the various effects we behold in this world talk very absurdly; for can anything be more unreasonable than to pretend that a blind fatality could be productive of intelligent beings?

~Charles De Secondat

Topics: Anything Assert Behold Beings Blind Could Effects Intelligent More Pretend Produced Productive Talk Than Unreasonable Various Very Who World

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Philosopher

Born: January 18th, 1689

Died: February 10th, 1755

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