Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting generations to come.

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

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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 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...

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

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...

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.

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...

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

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.

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

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...

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

An author is a fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived...

An author is a fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived...

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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

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