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

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

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If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish...

If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish...

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

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

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

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;...

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

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

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 less men think, the more they talk.

The less men think, the more they talk.

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...

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

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...

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

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.

If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would...

If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would...

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

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

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

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.

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 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...

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...

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.