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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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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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...

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

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,...

The best example of democracy I can recall is five wolves sitting down to dinner...

The best example of democracy I can recall is five wolves sitting down to dinner...

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

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

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

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.

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.

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

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

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 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...

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.