Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

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I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

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...

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.

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

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

Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

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...

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...

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

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

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

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

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...

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 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...

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

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

If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would...

If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would...

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...

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

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.