“Every man is capable of doing good to another, but to contribute to the happiness of an entire society is to become… — Montesquieu Doing good Copy Share Image
“We are so blind that we know neither when to mourn, nor when to rejoice; our mirth and our sadness are nearly… — Montesquieu Sadness Copy Share Image
“The desire for glory is no different from that instinct for preservation that is common to all creatures. It is as if… — Montesquieu Desire Copy Share Image
“The public revenues are a portion that each subject gives of his property, in order to secure or enjoy the remainder.” — Montesquieu Copy Share Image
“The right of conquest is not a right. A society can be founded only with the consent of its members. If it… — Montesquieu Copy Share Image
“One of them said to me once, “I believe in the immortality of the soul for six months at a time; my… — Montesquieu Death Copy Share Image
“History is full of religious wars; but, we must take care to observe, it was not the multiplicity of religions that produced… — Montesquieu Government Copy Share Image
“[92] Plato, in his fourth book of Laws, says that the præfectures of music and gymnic exercises are the most important employments… — Montesquieu Books Copy Share Image
“As with their fashions, so is it with their customs and style of living: French manners change with the age of the… — Montesquieu Life Copy Share Image
“MOST legislators have been men of inferior capacity whom chance exalted over their fellows, and who took counsel almost exclusively of their… — Montesquieu Law Copy Share Image
“Democratic and aristocratic states are not in their own nature free. Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments; and… — Montesquieu Abuse of power Copy Share Image
“I can assure you that no kingdom has ever had as many civil wars as the kingdom of Christ.” — Montesquieu Christendom Copy Share Image
“I have seen descriptions of Paradise sufficient to make all sensible people give up their hopes of it.” — Montesquieu Hope Copy Share Image
“I believe it to be true that if men were virtuous, they would have no friends.” — Montesquieu Copy Share Image
“My dear Usbek, when women feel, as they lose their attractiveness, that their end is coming in advance, they would like to… — Montesquieu Copy Share Image
“If a human creature is composed of two beings, and if the acknowledgment of the necessity of preserving their union is the… — Montesquieu Copy Share Image
“Rhedi: I am always afraid that they will eventually succeed in discovering some secret which will provide a quicker way of making… — Montesquieu Innovation Copy Share Image
“They maintain that all unlimited power must be unlawful, because it cannot have had a lawful origin. For, we cannot, say they,… — Montesquieu Nature Copy Share Image
“Another much-discussed question is, whether women are intended by nature to be subject to men.“No,” said a very gallant philosopher to me… — Montesquieu Nature Copy Share Image
“But there is not a single person employed in any way at the court, in Paris, or in the provinces, who is… — Montesquieu Computers Copy Share Image
“A truly virtuous man would come to the aid of the most distant stranger as quickly as to his own friend. If… — Montesquieu Friendship Copy Share Image
“[245] "In large and populous cities," says the author of the Fable of the Bees, i, p. 133, "they wear clothes above… — Montesquieu Books Copy Share Image
