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An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.
A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.
The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.
Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.
In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.
There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion.
Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.
Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.
Peace is a natural effect of trade.
We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.
In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty.
There should be weeping at a man's birth, not at his death.
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.
Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.
The severity of the laws prevents their execution.
