Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

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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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

The less men think, the more they talk.

The less men think, the more they talk.

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.

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...

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 severity of the laws prevents their execution.

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

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

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...

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.

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 joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we...

There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we...

Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we...

Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we...

I like food and sleep. If I give you my food or text you all...

I like food and sleep. If I give you my food or text you all...