The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

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Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

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.

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

Useless laws weaken necessary laws

Useless laws weaken necessary laws

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

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,...

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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.

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...

Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.