Author » Montesquieu, Charles De

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Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

Law and Lawyers

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

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

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

The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.

Law and Lawyers

The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

Law and Lawyers

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.

Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

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

Death and Dying

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

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

Food and Eating

Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

I have always observed that to succeed in the world a person must seem simple, yet wise.

I have always observed that to succeed in the world a person must seem simple, yet wise.

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.

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 …

What orators lack in depth, they make up to you in length.

Speakers and Speaking

What orators lack in depth, they make up to you in length.