What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

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Useless laws weaken necessary laws

Useless laws weaken necessary laws

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...

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

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

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

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,...

The less men think, the more they talk.

The less men think, the more they talk.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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;...

Happiness is right around the corner. One day you will find someone who will treat...

Happiness is right around the corner. One day you will find someone who will treat...

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...

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

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

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

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...

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful,...

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful,...

Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons

Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons