An author is a fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on boring future generations

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

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Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

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.

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.

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

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

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 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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from...

There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

A passive and ignorant citizenry will never create a sustainable world.

A passive and ignorant citizenry will never create a sustainable world.

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect...

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect...

A strange thing is memory, and hope; one looks backward, and the other forward; one...

A strange thing is memory, and hope; one looks backward, and the other forward; one...