It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

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Useless laws weaken necessary laws

Useless laws weaken necessary laws

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of...

It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of...

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...

Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more...

Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more...

The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.

The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.

It is the true nature of mankind to learn from mistakes, not from example

It is the true nature of mankind to learn from mistakes, not from example

To me, life is like the back nine in golf. Sometimes you play better on...

To me, life is like the back nine in golf. Sometimes you play better on...