Charles De Montesquieu – Page 3 – Quotes Lover

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

#Charles De Montesquieu

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

It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.

#Charles De Montesquieu

It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

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Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

#Charles De Montesquieu

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

#Charles De Montesquieu

Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

#Charles De Montesquieu

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

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

#Charles De Montesquieu

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

To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.

#Books, #Reading

To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

#Reading

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

An author is a fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived...

#Writers

An author is a fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived...

Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him,...

#Writers

Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him,...

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law...

#Tyranny

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law...

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

#Gifts, #Talent

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

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness...

#Happiness, #Sharing

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness...

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

#Justice, #Punishment

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

#Liberty

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists...

#Generations, #Writers, #Writing

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists...

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

#Brotherhood, #Greatness, #Humility

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.