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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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...

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.

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.

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

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

We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.

We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.

In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him,...

Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him,...

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

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

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a...

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a...

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

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

In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions...

In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions...

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...

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.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

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...

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...

This generations success is only possible because past generations felt a responsibility to each other...

This generations success is only possible because past generations felt a responsibility to each other...

Thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations, and thou shalt be called, the...

Thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations, and thou shalt be called, the...

It is my firm belief that I have a link with the past and a...

It is my firm belief that I have a link with the past and a...

Few things are more tempting to a writer than to repeat, admiringly, what he has...

Few things are more tempting to a writer than to repeat, admiringly, what he has...

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce...

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce...