Montesquieu
View AuthorBad examples are more harmful than crimes.
Montesquieu
View AuthorCustoms make the laws, women make the customs; therefore, women make the laws.
Montesquieu
View AuthorIf it were enough for us to be happy, things would be very easy; but we want to be happier than others, and this is almost always impossible, because we believe that others are much happier than they actually are.
Montesquieu
View AuthorMost of the time, success depends on knowing how long it will take to achieve it.
Montesquieu
View AuthorLuxury is always in proportion to the disparity of fortunes.
Montesquieu
View AuthorMore states have perished due to the depravity of customs than from the violation of laws.
Montesquieu
View AuthorI would like to abolish funeral pomp. We should weep for men when they are born, not when they die.
Montesquieu
View AuthorIn order to prevent the abuse of power, it is necessary for power to check power.
Montesquieu
View AuthorCountries are not cultivated by reason of their fertility, but by reason of their freedom.
Montesquieu
View AuthorMost men are capable of great deeds rather than good deeds.
Montesquieu
View AuthorDivorce is indispensable in modern civilizations.
Montesquieu
View AuthorWhen men promise a woman that they will love her forever, they in turn assume that she promises to always be kind to them; if she fails to keep her word, they do not feel bound by theirs.