I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

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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.

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

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.

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...

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

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.

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 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.

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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...