The arbitrary rule of a just and enlightened prince is always bad. His virtues are the most dangerous and the surest form of seduction: they lull a people imperceptibly into the habit of loving, respecting, and serving his successor, whoever that successor may be, no matter how wicked or stupid. - Denis Diderot

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Denis Diderot: "The arbitrary rule of a just and enlightened prince is always bad. His virtues are the most dangerous and the surest form of seduction: they lull a people imperceptibly into the habit of loving, respecting, and serving his successor, whoever that successor may be, no matter how wicked or stupid."

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Arbitrary	Dangerous	Enlightened	Form
Habit	Imperceptibly	Into	Just
Loving	Lull	Matter	Most
People	Prince	Respecting	Rule
Seduction	Serving	Stupid	Successor
Surest	Virtues	Whoever	Wicked

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