In a true state of nature, all men are born equal, but they cannot remain so. Society makes them lose their equality, and they can recover it only by the laws.
— Montesquieu Early Modern

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The Spirit of the Laws, Book I, Chapter 3

Date / Period

1748

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Humorous

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1066/1066-h/1066-h.htm

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