Virtue has need of limits. - Montesquieu

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Virtue has need of limits.

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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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Alternative Names: Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu • Charles-Louis de Secondat • Baron de Montesquieu • Charles Louis de Secondat de Montesquieu • De Montesquieu • Charles Louis de Montesquieu

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People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.

Aussi puis-je t'assurer qu'il n'y a jamais eu de royaume où il y ait eu tant de guerres civiles que dans celui de Christ.

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- « Ces règles sont un rapport constamment établi. Entre un corps mû et un autre corps mû, c’est suivant les rapports de la masse et de la vitesse que tous les mouvements sont reçus, augmentés, diminués, perdus ; chaque diversité est uniformité, chaque changement est constance. » Montesquieu, De l’Esprit des Lois, 1748, Ch. 1,