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Customs make the laws, women make the customs; therefore, women make the laws.

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If it were enough for us to be happy, things would be very easy; but we want to be happier than others, and this is almost always impossible, because we believe that others are much happier than they actually are.

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Most of the time, success depends on knowing how long it will take to achieve it.

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Luxury is always in proportion to the disparity of fortunes.

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More states have perished due to the depravity of customs than from the violation of laws.

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I would like to abolish funeral pomp. We should weep for men when they are born, not when they die.

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In order to prevent the abuse of power, it is necessary for power to check power.

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Countries are not cultivated by reason of their fertility, but by reason of their freedom.

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Most men are capable of great deeds rather than good deeds.

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Divorce is indispensable in modern civilizations.

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When men promise a woman that they will love her forever, they in turn assume that she promises to always be kind to them; if she fails to keep her word, they do not feel bound by theirs.

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When a government lasts a long time, it decomposes slowly and imperceptibly.

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