Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

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The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

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.

There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life;...

There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life;...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

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,...

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

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

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...

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

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 can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the...

There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the...

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

Whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down...

Whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down...