There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion.

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

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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 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...

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.

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

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.

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.

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...

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.

No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.

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.

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...

The less men think, the more they talk.

The less men think, the more they talk.

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...

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.

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.

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.

A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures,...

A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures,...

Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies...

Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies...

I thought I'd begin by reading a sonnet by Shakespeare, but then I thought, why...

I thought I'd begin by reading a sonnet by Shakespeare, but then I thought, why...