Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

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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...

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

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...

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...

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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.

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

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...

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.

Knowing I loved my books, he furnished me, From mine own library with volumes that...

Knowing I loved my books, he furnished me, From mine own library with volumes that...

Most of us who turn to any subject we love remember some morning or evening...

Most of us who turn to any subject we love remember some morning or evening...

Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single...

Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single...