"The incomparable stupidity of life teaches us to……" — Baron de Montesquieu
"The incomparable stupidity of life teaches us to love our parents; divine philosophy teaches us to forgive them."
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Baron de Montesquieu
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145 Quotes by Baron de Montesquieu
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Injustice towards others is a threat to everybody
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An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.
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The coffee is prepared in such a way that it makes those who drink it witty: at least there is…
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Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations arising from the nature of things. In this sense all…
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I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.
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Friendship is a contract in which we render small services in expectation of big ones.
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The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.
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Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.
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We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts…
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There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy,…
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There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude... we cannot give someone…
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If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would never reveal it; for I…
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Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.
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Let us consider that swearing is a sin of all others peculiarly clamorous, and provocative of Divine judgment.
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Even if it were proven that God didn't exist, Religion would still be Saintly and Divine.
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