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In France there are three kinds of professions: the church, the sword, and the long robe. Each hath a sovereign contempt for the other two. For example, a man who ought to be despised only for being a fool is often so because he is a lawyer.

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If triangles had a god, he would have three sides.

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[The Pope] will make the king believe that three are only one, that the bread he eats is not bread... and a thousand other things of the same kind.

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If the triangles were to make a God they would give him three sides.

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In every government there are three sorts of power: the legislative; the executive in respect to things dependent on the law of nations; and the executive in regard to matters that depend on the civil law.

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There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.

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Born: January 18, 1689
Died: February 10, 1755 (aged 66)
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