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Baron De Montesquieu Quotes
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Vanity and pride of nations; vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous (Baron De Montesquieu Quotes)
Happy the people whose annals are tiresome (Baron De Montesquieu Quotes)
The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed (Baron De Montesquieu Quotes)
There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic (Baron De Montesquieu Quotes)
I have never known any distress that an hour’s reading did not relieve (Baron De Montesquieu Quotes)
It is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour (Baron De Montesquieu Quotes)
There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice (Baron De Montesquieu Quotes)
The majority of men are more capable of great actions than of good ones (Baron De Montesquieu Quotes)
When one wants to change manners and customs, one should not do so by changing the laws (Baron De Montesquieu Quotes)
Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer (Baron De Montesquieu Quotes)
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. you are comparing your lot with an ideal which is of course better and therefore you feel worse (Baron De Montesquieu Quotes)
It is unreasonable... to oblige a man not to attempt the defense of his own life (Baron De Montesquieu Quotes)
A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century (Baron De Montesquieu Quotes)
Life was given to me as a favor, so I may abandon it when it is one no longer (Baron De Montesquieu Quotes)