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Other Quotes by Baron de Montesquieu
- In vain do we seek tranquility in the desert; temptations are always with us; our passions, represented by the demons, never let us alone: those…
- If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always…
- A really intelligent man feels what other men only know.
- [The Pope] will make the king believe that three are only one, that the bread he eats is not bread... and a thousand other things…
- Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.
- If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always…
- Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.
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- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
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