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If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, which is almost always difficult, since we think them h… - Montesquieu
" "If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, which is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.
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Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (18 January 1689 – 10 February 1755), also known as Charles de Montesquieu, was a French political thinker who lived during the Enlightenment and is famous for his articulation of the theory of separation of powers.
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Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu
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Charles-Louis de Secondat
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Baron de Montesquieu
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Charles Louis de Secondat de Montesquieu
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De Montesquieu
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Charles Louis de Montesquieu
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