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

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

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...

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

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...

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...

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

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

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,...

If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to...

If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to...

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life;...

There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life;...

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.

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

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,...