Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

Topics: Liberty Quotes

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...

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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,...

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

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.

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

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...

Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.

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...

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...

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,...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...