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Philosophical Quotes by Baron de Montesquieu
- Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
- Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.
- Peace is a natural effect of trade.
- The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.
- The less men think, the more they talk.
- The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.
- If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.
- To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
- I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.
- No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.
- Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.
- An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.
- Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.
- Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.
- To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.
- What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.
- Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.
- The severity of the laws prevents their execution.
More Philosophical Quotes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Hope is a waking dream. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
- Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
- Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal. — Aristotle
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- The energy of the mind is the essence of life. — Aristotle