If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

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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.

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.

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

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

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

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...

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.

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

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

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

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.

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...

Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him,...

Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him,...

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...

Useless laws weaken necessary laws

Useless laws weaken necessary laws

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 less men think, the more they talk.

The less men think, the more they talk.

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...

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.

I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool,...

I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool,...

Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.