Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

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Useless laws weaken necessary laws

Useless laws weaken necessary laws

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.

No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.

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.

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...

The less men think, the more they talk.

The less men think, the more they talk.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public...

The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public...

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...

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,...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.