Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.
Charles de Montesquieu

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

The less men think, the more they talk.
Charles de Montesquieu

In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
Charles de Montesquieu

Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
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

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

If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.
Charles de Montesquieu