Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

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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 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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life;...

There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life;...

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

Useless laws weaken necessary laws

Useless laws weaken necessary laws

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

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...

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

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

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

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.

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.

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.

The principle of the brotherhood of man is narcissistic...for the grounds for that love have...

The principle of the brotherhood of man is narcissistic...for the grounds for that love have...

Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking.

Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking.

We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish,...

We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish,...

There are countless ways of attaining greatness, but any road to reaching one's maximum potential...

There are countless ways of attaining greatness, but any road to reaching one's maximum potential...

The position of the artist if humble. He is essentially a channel.

The position of the artist if humble. He is essentially a channel.