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

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.

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 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...

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...

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.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

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.

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 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;...

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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,...

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

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.

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.

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.