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To love to read is to exchang...

To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.

Sharl Montesquieu 25 quotes

There are only two cases in w...

There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to help an ally who has been attacked.

Sharl Montesquieu 25 quotes

Countries are well cultivated...

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

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.

Sharl Montesquieu 25 quotes

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 most things success depend...

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

Sharl Montesquieu 25 quotes

Republics end through luxury;...

Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty.

Sharl Montesquieu 25 quotes

The object of war is victory;...

The object of war is victory; that of victory is conquest; and that of conquest preservation.

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.

Sharl Montesquieu 25 quotes

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.

Sharl Montesquieu 25 quotes

Talent is a gift which God ha...

Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.

Sharl Montesquieu 25 quotes

I have always observed that t...

I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.

Sharl Montesquieu 25 quotes

Success in the majority of ci...

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

Sharl Montesquieu 25 quotes

It is not the young people th...

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

Sharl Montesquieu 25 quotes

They who assert that a blind ...

They who assert that a blind fatality produced the various effects we behold in this world talk very absurdly; for can anything be more unreasonable than to pretend that a blind fatality could be productive of intelligent beings?

Sharl Montesquieu 25 quotes

Thus the creation, which seem...

Thus the creation, which seems an arbitrary act, supposes laws as invariable as those of the fatality of the Atheists. It would be absurd to say that the Creator might govern the world without those rules, since without them it could not subsist.

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The law of nations is natural...

The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests.

Sharl Montesquieu 25 quotes

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