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

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

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

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...

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.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

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...

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.

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

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

In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions...

In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions...

Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

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...

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.