Peace is a natural effect of trade.

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

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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...

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.

What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.

What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.

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...

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 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...

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

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...

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

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

The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.

The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.

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...

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.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

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.

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.

Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.