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

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

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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...

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.

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without...

Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without...

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.

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

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

In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions...

In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions...

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.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

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...

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

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

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...

Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

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;...

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...

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.

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...

Happiness is the time when you're chasing happiness.

Happiness is the time when you're chasing happiness.

A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth

A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth