Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

Topics: Gifts Quotes, Talent Quotes

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

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

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

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.

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a...

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a...

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

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

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.

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.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

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...

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.

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,...

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 you really believe in the brotherhood of man, and you want to come into...

If you really believe in the brotherhood of man, and you want to come into...

The mystical bond of brotherhood makes all men brothers

The mystical bond of brotherhood makes all men brothers

Greatness is a spiritual condition.

Greatness is a spiritual condition.

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state,...

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state,...