Charles De Montesquieu Quotes

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

There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion.

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

The less men think, the more they talk.

The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.

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.

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

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

Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.

There should be weeping at a man's birth, not at his death.

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

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

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

It is not the young people that degenerate they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.

If triangles had a god, they would give him three sides.

We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.

If we only wanted to be happy it would be easy but we want to be happier than other people which is almost always difficult since we think them happier than they are.

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

Success generally depends upon knowing how long it takes to succeed.

False happiness renders men stern and proud and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders kind and sensible and that happiness is always shared.

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century