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Charles de Montesquieu Quotes
«To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.»
Author: Charles de Montesquieu
(Philosopher, Politician)
| About:
Books,
Reading
| Keywords:
ennui, exchange
«Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it»
Author: Charles de Montesquieu
(Philosopher, Politician)
| About:
Gifts,
Talent
| Keywords:
perceiving, reveal, secretly
«Useless laws weaken necessary laws»
Author: Charles de Montesquieu
(Philosopher, Politician)
| About:
Law and lawyers
| Keywords:
weaken
«Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.»
Author: Charles de Montesquieu
(Philosopher, Politician)
| About:
Friendship
| Keywords:
arrangement, exchange, favors, The Arrangement, undertake
«Vitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth).»
Author: Charles de Montesquieu
(Philosopher, Politician)
| Keywords:
consecrate, consecrates, consecrating
«There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.»
Author: Charles de Montesquieu
(Philosopher, Politician)
| About:
Tyranny
| Keywords:
crueler, Law and Justice, perpetuated, perpetuating, shield, The name, The Shield, tyranny
«If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.»
Author: Charles de Montesquieu
(Philosopher, Politician)
| About:
Happiness
| Keywords:
accomplished, happier, wished
«If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would never reveal it; for I am a citizen of humanity first and by necessity, and a citizen of France second, and only by accident»
Author: Charles de Montesquieu
(Philosopher, Politician)
| About:
Citizenship,
Country,
Mankind
| Keywords:
accident, citizen, France, My Country