The majority of men are more capable of great actions than of good ones. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
It is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
It is unreasonable ... to oblige a man not to attempt the defense of his own life. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
In the state of nature... all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it,… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Those who have few affairs to attend to are great speakers. The less men think, the more they talk. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Sometimes a man who deserves to be looked upon because he is a fool is despised only because he is a lawyer. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Wherever I find envy I take a pleasure in provoking it: I always praise before an envious man those who make him… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
As men are affected in all ages by the same passions, the occasions which bring about great changes are different, but the… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
In republican governments, men are all equal; equal they are also in despotic governments: in the former, because they are everything; in… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
The state is the association of men, and not men themselves; the citizen may perish, and the man remain. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
The spirit of commerce... renders every man willing to live on his own property...& prevents the growth of luxury. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Men in excess of happiness or misery are equally inclined to severity. Witness conquerors and monks! It is mediocrity alone, and a… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Ever since the invention of gunpowder.. I continually tremble lest men should, in the end, uncover some secret which would provide a… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
The alms given to a naked man in the street do not fulfil the obligations of the state, which owes to every… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations arising from the nature of things. In this sense all beings have… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
There are countries where a man is worth nothing; there are others where he is worth less than nothing. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Experience constantly proves that every man who has power is impelled to abuse it; he goes on till he is pulled up… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
It is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Love of reading enables a man to exchange the weary hours, which come to every one, for hours of delight. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
When the savages of Louisiana wish to have fruit, they cut the tree at the bottom and gather the fruit. That is exactly a… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Political liberty in a citizen is that tranquillity of spirit which comes from the opinion each one has of his security, and in order… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
It is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
When virtue is banished, ambition invades the minds of those who are disposed to receive it and avarice possesses the whole community. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
A good writer does not write as people write, but as he writes. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Christianity stamped its character on jurisprudence; for empire has ever a connection with the priesthood. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
The prejudices of superstition are superior to all others, and have the strongest influence on the human mind. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations derived from the nature of things. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
