19。OfLegislators。AristotlewantedtoindulgesometimeshisjealousyagainstPlato，andsometimeshispassionforAlexander。PlatowasincensedagainstthetyrannyofthepeopleofAthens。Machiavelwasfullofhisidol，theDukeofValentinois。SirThomasMore，whospokeratherofwhathehadreadthanofwhathethought，wantedtogovernallstateswiththesimplicityofaGreekcity。[49]HarringtonwasfulloftheideaofhisfavouriterepublicofEngland，whileacrowdofwriterssawnothingbutconfusionwheremonarchyisabolished。Thelawsalwaysconformtothepassionsandprejudicesofthelegislator；sometimesthelatterpassthrough，andonlytincturethem；sometimestheyremain，andareincorporatedwiththem。
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1。Aristotle，Politics，iv。11。
2。Bookxx。1。
3。Ceciliussaysthatheneversawnorreadofaninstanceinwhichthispunishmenthadbeeninflicted；butitislikelythatnosuchpunishmentwaseverestablished：theopinionofsomecivilians，thatthelawoftheTwelveTablesmeantonlythedivisionofthemoneyarisingfromthesaleofthedebtor，seemsveryprobable。