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Law in general is human reaso...

Law in general is human reason, inasmuch as it governs all the inhabitants of the earth: the political and civil laws of each nation ought to be only the particular cases in which human reason is applied.

Sharl Montesquieu 25 quotes

Slavery, properly so called, ...

Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune.

Sharl Montesquieu 25 quotes

Happy the people whose annals...

Happy the people whose annals are tiresome.

Sharl Montesquieu 25 quotes

The success of most things de...

The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.

Sharl Montesquieu 25 quotes

Although born in a prosperous...

Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowledge, and that the lore of the East should alone enlighten us.

Sharl Montesquieu 25 quotes

People here argue about relig...

People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.

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An author is a fool who, not ...

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

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Man, as a physical being, is ...

Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.

Sharl Montesquieu 25 quotes

There should be weeping at a ...

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

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Life was given to me as a fav...

Life was given to me as a favor, so I may abandon it when it is one no longer.

Sharl Montesquieu 25 quotes

Raillery is a mode of speakin...

Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature.

Sharl Montesquieu 25 quotes

But constant experience shows...

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.

Sharl Montesquieu 25 quotes

What orators lack in depth th...

What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.

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The tyranny of a prince in an...

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.

Sharl Montesquieu 25 quotes

If we only wanted to be happy...

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.

Sharl Montesquieu 25 quotes

The less men think, the more ...

The less men think, the more they talk.

Sharl Montesquieu 25 quotes

In the infancy of societies, ...

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

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If I knew of something that c...

If I knew of something that could serve my nation but would ruin another, I would not propose it to my prince, for I am first a man and only then a Frenchman... because I am necessarily a man, and only accidentally am I French.

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I have never known any distre...

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

Sharl Montesquieu 25 quotes

In most things success depend...

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

Sharl Montesquieu 25 quotes

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