Montesquieu Quotes

An injustice done to the individual is a threat to the entire society.

Admirable maxim: not to speak of things until they are done.

The law should be like death, which exempts no one.

To be truly great, one must be with the people, not above them.

The useless laws weaken the necessary ones.

When death has equalized fortunes, funerals should not differentiate them.

A man is not unhappy because of ambition, but because it devours him.

Freedom consists of being able to do what one ought to do.

Usually, those who possess great talent are naive.

Sports appeal because they flatter greed, that is, the hope of possessing more.

There is no worse tyranny than that which is exercised in the shadow of the laws and under the heat of justice.

The study has been for me the main remedy against the worries of life; not having had a trouble that has not passed after an hour of reading.