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Charles De Montesquieu quotes: Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

Charles De Montesquieu quotes: In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.

In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.

Charles De Montesquieu quotes: It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.

It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.

Charles De Montesquieu quotes: To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.

To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.

Charles De Montesquieu quotes: The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.

The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.

Charles De Montesquieu quotes: Peace is a natural effect of trade.

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

Charles De Montesquieu quotes: Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.

Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.

Charles De Montesquieu quotes: Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.

Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.

Charles De Montesquieu quotes: Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

Charles De Montesquieu quotes: The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.

The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.

Charles De Montesquieu quotes: There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.

Charles De Montesquieu quotes: Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting generations to come.

Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting generations to come.

Charles De Montesquieu quotes: The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.

The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.

Charles De Montesquieu quotes: What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.

What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.

Charles De Montesquieu quotes: The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

Charles De Montesquieu quotes: Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

Charles De Montesquieu quotes: To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

Charles De Montesquieu quotes: In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

Charles De Montesquieu quotes: There should be weeping at a man's birth, not at his death.

There should be weeping at a man's birth, not at his death.

Charles De Montesquieu quotes: No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.

No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.

Charles De Montesquieu quotes: An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.

An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.

Charles De Montesquieu quotes: The less men think, the more they talk.

The less men think, the more they talk.

Charles De Montesquieu quotes: A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.

Charles De Montesquieu quotes: There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion.

There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion.

Charles De Montesquieu quotes: We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.

We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.