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Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permits.

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The Spirit of the Laws

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Secondat, Charles Baron de Montesquieu [published anonymously]. L'Esprit de Lois [The Spirit of Laws]. Geneva: Barrillot & Fils, 1748, bk. 11, ch. 3.

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Secondat, Charles Baron de Montesquieu. The Spirit of Laws. Prometheus, 2002, bk. 11, ch. 3.

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If triangles were to make to themselves gods, they would give them three sides.

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Montesquieu. Rica to Uzbek. 14th of the moon of Saphar, 1714.

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In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

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Montesquieu. Pensees et fragments inedits De Montesquieu [Thoughts and Unpublished Fragments of Montesquieu]. G. Gounouilhou, 1901.

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Men should be bewailed at their birth and not at their death.

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Montesquieu. Uzbek to Ibben. 20th of the moon of Rhegeb, 1713.

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