If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

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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.

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

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

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...

If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would...

If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would...

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public...

The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public...

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.

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

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

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

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 sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be...

The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be...

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...