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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The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

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...

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.

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,...

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

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

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

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 having bored those who have lived...

An author is a fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived...

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

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

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 reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient...

The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient...

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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