Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

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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.

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

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 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...

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...

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...

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 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.

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...

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.

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...

The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public...

The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public...

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...

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.

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.

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.

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were...

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were...

Well, now that he's finished one building, he'll [Le Corbusier] go write four books about...

Well, now that he's finished one building, he'll [Le Corbusier] go write four books about...

The end of reading is not more books but more life.

The end of reading is not more books but more life.

Reading without purpose is sauntering not exercise.

Reading without purpose is sauntering not exercise.