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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Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

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,...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

The less men think, the more they talk.

The less men think, the more they talk.

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...

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

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

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.

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 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.

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.

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

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

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

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

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

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