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Charles de Montesquieu Quotes

Type: Philosopher Quotes Category: French Philosopher Quotes Date of Birth: January 18, 1689 Date of Death: February 10, 1755 Nationality: French Find on Amazon: Charles de Montesquieu Related Authors: Blaise Pascal Albert Camus Michel de Montaigne Emile M. Cioran Simone Weil Jean de la Bruyere Jean-Paul Sartre Charles de Secondat

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations. Charles de Montesquieu An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war. Charles de Montesquieu Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free. Charles de Montesquieu False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared. Charles de Montesquieu Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones. Charles de Montesquieu I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise. Charles de Montesquieu I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve. Charles de Montesquieu If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides. Charles de Montesquieu If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are. Charles de Montesquieu In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed. Charles de Montesquieu In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state. Charles de Montesquieu It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires. Charles de Montesquieu It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption. Charles de Montesquieu Laws undertake to punish only overt acts. Charles de Montesquieu Liberty is the right to do what the law permits. Charles de Montesquieu Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half. Charles de Montesquieu Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies. Charles de Montesquieu Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death. Charles de Montesquieu No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ. Charles de Montesquieu Peace is a natural effect of trade. Charles de Montesquieu Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed. Charles de Montesquieu Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it. Charles de Montesquieu The less men think, the more they talk. Charles de Montesquieu The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear. Charles de Montesquieu The severity of the laws prevents their execution. Charles de Montesquieu The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver. Charles de Montesquieu The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions. Charles de Montesquieu The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy. Charles de Montesquieu There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice. Charles de Montesquieu There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion. Charles de Montesquieu There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window. Charles de Montesquieu To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them. Charles de Montesquieu To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight. Charles de Montesquieu Useless laws weaken the necessary laws. Charles de Montesquieu We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death. Charles de Montesquieu What orators lack in depth they make up for in length. Charles de Montesquieu

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