False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

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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...

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.

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...

Useless laws weaken necessary laws

Useless laws weaken necessary laws

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

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

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.

No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.

No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

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 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.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

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

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

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

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.

Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers.

Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers.

The real fact of the matter is that nobody reads ads. People read what interest...

The real fact of the matter is that nobody reads ads. People read what interest...