Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

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Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.

We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

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...

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.

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...

If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to...

If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to...

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

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

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.

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.

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,...

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.

Useless laws weaken necessary laws

Useless laws weaken necessary laws

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

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...

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...

There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life;...

There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life;...

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

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,...