Montesquieu
View AuthorHere a husband who loves his wife is a man who does not have enough merit to be loved by another.
Montesquieu
View AuthorIt seems that our life increases when we can place it in the memory of others: It is a new life that we acquire and find precious.
Montesquieu
View AuthorThe talented man is naturally inclined to criticism, because he sees more things than other men and sees them better.
Montesquieu
View AuthorThe truth in one time is error in another.
Montesquieu
View AuthorDemocracy must guard against two excesses: the spirit of inequality, which leads to aristocracy, and the spirit of extreme equality, which leads to despotism.
Montesquieu
View AuthorAn injustice done to the individual is a threat to the entire society.
Montesquieu
View AuthorAdmirable maxim: not to speak of things until they are done.
Montesquieu
View AuthorThe law should be like death, which exempts no one.
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View AuthorTo be truly great, one must be with the people, not above them.
Montesquieu
View AuthorThe useless laws weaken the necessary ones.
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View AuthorWhen death has equalized fortunes, funerals should not differentiate them.
Montesquieu
View AuthorA man is not unhappy because of ambition, but because it devours him.