Author: Montesquieu

Quotes

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.

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.

- Montesquieu

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

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

- Montesquieu

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

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

- Montesquieu

Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.

Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.

- Montesquieu

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

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

- 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.

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.

- Montesquieu

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

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

- Montesquieu

The less men think, the more they talk.

The less men think, the more they talk.

- Montesquieu

The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.

The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.

- Montesquieu

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