Charles De Montesquieu
» Death and Dying » “We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.”
» Food and Eating » “Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.”
» Fortune » “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.”
» Freedom » “Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.”
» God » “If triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.”
» Greatness » “It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.”
» Happiness » “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.”
» Happiness » “If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.”
» Happiness » “We wish to be happier than other people; and this is difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.”
» Law and Lawyers » “Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.”
» Law and Lawyers » “There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion.”
» Law and Lawyers » “The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.”
» Law and Lawyers » “The severity of the laws prevents their execution.”
» Liberty » “Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.”
» Liberty » “Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.”
» Luxury » “Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.”
» Simplicity » “I have always observed that to succeed in the world a person must seem simple, yet wise.”
» Speakers and Speaking » “What orators lack in depth, they make up to you in length.”
» Talent » “This is how I define talent; it is a gift that God has given us in secret, which we reveal without knowing it.”
» Time and Time Management » “Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.”
