An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool,...

I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool,...

Useless laws weaken necessary laws

Useless laws weaken necessary laws

Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

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...

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;...

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be...

The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be...

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists...

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists...

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

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...

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

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...

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in...

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in...

The southern Democrats are in the saddle and the northern Democrats must tag along as...

The southern Democrats are in the saddle and the northern Democrats must tag along as...

Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.

Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.

Children from the age of five to ten should watch more television. Television depicts adults...

Children from the age of five to ten should watch more television. Television depicts adults...