It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

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If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would...

If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would...

Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without...

Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without...

No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.

No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient...

The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient...

It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of...

It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of...

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.

If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.

To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.

There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life;...

There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life;...

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.

Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.

An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.

An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.

What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.

What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.

The best example of democracy I can recall is five wolves sitting down to dinner...

The best example of democracy I can recall is five wolves sitting down to dinner...

Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.

Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law...

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law...

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Absolutism tempered by assassination

Absolutism tempered by assassination