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

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

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Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

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.

The less men think, the more they talk.

The less men think, the more they talk.

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,...

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.

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...

If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish...

If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish...

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...

The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public...

The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public...

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

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

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...

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to...

If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to...

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 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...

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

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

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

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

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

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.