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

Topics: Happiness Quotes, Sharing Quotes

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

The less men think, the more they talk.

The less men think, the more they talk.

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

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...

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...

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

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

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

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...

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

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

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a...

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a...

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...

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...

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.