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

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

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

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

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

Men should be bewailed at their birth, and 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.

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...

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

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

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

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.

Useless laws weaken necessary laws

Useless laws weaken necessary laws

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...

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

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...

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.

Happiness is right around the corner. One day you will find someone who will treat...

Happiness is right around the corner. One day you will find someone who will treat...

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.

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.

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...

In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions...

In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions...