Quotes of Charles De Montesquieu - somelinesforyou

“ In the state of nature...all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law. ”

- Charles de Montesquieu

“ The love of democracy is that of equality. ”

- Charles de Montesquieu

“ Happiness is not the absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them. ”

- Charles de Montesquieu

“ In the state of nature, indeed, all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the laws. ”

- Charles de Montesquieu

“ In the state of nature...all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law. ”

- Charles de Montesquieu

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

- Charles de Montesquieu

“ Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half. ”

- Charles de Montesquieu

“ Happiness is not the absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them. ”

- Charles de Montesquieu

“ This is how I define talent; it is a gift that God has given us in secret, which we reveal without knowing it. ”

- Charles de Montesquieu

“ In the state of nature…all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law. ”

- Charles de Montesquieu

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

- Charles de Montesquieu

“ If triangles made a god, they would give him three sides. ”

- Charles de Montesquieu

“ Society is the union of men and not the men themselves. ”

- Charles de Montesquieu

“ The severity of the laws prevents their execution. ”

- Charles de Montesquieu

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

- Charles de Montesquieu

“ The severity of the laws prevents their execution. ”

- Charles de Montesquieu

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

- Charles de Montesquieu

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

- Charles de Montesquieu

“ 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. ”

- Charles de Montesquieu

“ 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. ”

- Charles de Montesquieu

“ Society is the union of men and not the men themselves. ”

- Charles de Montesquieu

“ Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half. ”

- Charles de Montesquieu

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

- Charles de Montesquieu

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

- Charles de Montesquieu

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

- Charles de Montesquieu

“ Happiness is not the absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them. ”

- Charles de Montesquieu

“ 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. ”

- Charles de Montesquieu

“ Society is the union of men and not the men themselves. ”

- Charles de Montesquieu

“ Society is the union of men and not the men themselves. ”

- Charles de Montesquieu

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

- Charles de Montesquieu
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