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

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

Topics: Generations Quotes, Writers Quotes, Writing Quotes

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

The less men think, the more they talk.

The less men think, the more they talk.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

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

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

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

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

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness...

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness...

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

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...

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.

Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

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.

Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.

Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.

Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.

The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.

Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.

Each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of...

Each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of...

Every generation thinks it has the answers, and every generation is humbled by nature

Every generation thinks it has the answers, and every generation is humbled by nature

The real story is not the plot, but how the characters unfold by it.

The real story is not the plot, but how the characters unfold by it.

I don't believe a committee can write a book. It can, oh, govern a country,...

I don't believe a committee can write a book. It can, oh, govern a country,...