All Baron de Montesquieu Quotes
- Injustice towards others is a threat to everybody Clever
- An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone. Anyone
- The coffee is prepared in such a way that it makes those who drink it witty: at least there is not a single soul who,… Believe
- Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations arising from the nature of things. In this sense all beings have their laws: the… All
- I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve. Any
- Friendship is a contract in which we render small services in expectation of big ones. Big
- The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed. Achievement
- Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer. Inspirational
- We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two… All
- There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to… Aggression
- There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude... we cannot give someone else greater power over us… Bond
- The incomparable stupidity of life teaches us to love our parents; divine philosophy teaches us to forgive them. Divine
- 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… Accident
- Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed. Circumstances
- Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death. Bewailed
- Peace is a natural effect of trade. Effect
- The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver. Lawgiver
- The less men think, the more they talk. Inspirational
- The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear. Built
- If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides. Give
- Liberty itself has appeared intolerable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it. Accustomed
- The mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the… Any
- A rational army would run away. Antiwar
- Mediocrity is a hand-rail. Confidence
- There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion. Fear
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