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Montesquieu quotes: Mediocrity is a hand-rail.

Mediocrity is a hand-rail.

Montesquieu quotes: Virtue has need of limits.

Virtue has need of limits.

Montesquieu quotes: With truths of a certain kind, it is not enough to make them appear convincing: one must also make them felt. Of such kind are moral truths.

With truths of a certain kind, it is not enough to make them appear convincing: one must also make them felt. Of such kind are moral truths.

Montesquieu quotes: Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.

Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.

Montesquieu quotes: The Tyranny of a prince in an oligarchyis not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.

The Tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy
is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.

Montesquieu quotes: It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of maturer age are already sunk into corruption.

It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of maturer age are already sunk into corruption.

Montesquieu quotes: Government should be set up so that no man need be afraid of another.

Government should be set up so that no man need be afraid of another.

Montesquieu quotes: I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

Montesquieu quotes: Very good laws may be ill timed.

Very good laws may be ill timed.

Montesquieu quotes: The history of commerce is that of the communication of the people.

The history of commerce is that of the communication of the people.

Montesquieu quotes: Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.

Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.

Montesquieu quotes: I can assure you that no kingdom has ever had as many civil wars as the kingdom of Christ.

I can assure you that no kingdom has ever had as many civil wars as the kingdom of Christ.

Montesquieu quotes: When the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost.

When the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost.

Montesquieu quotes: If triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.

If triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.

Montesquieu quotes: I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise.

I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise.

Montesquieu quotes: Every man is capable of doing good to another, but to contribute to the happiness of an entire society is to become akin to the gods

Every man is capable of doing good to another, but to contribute to the happiness of an entire society is to become akin to the gods

Montesquieu quotes: A conqueror, I say, can change the course of everything, and muffled tyranny is the first thing which is liable to violence.

A conqueror, I say, can change the course of everything, and muffled tyranny is the first thing which is liable to violence.

Montesquieu quotes: Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?

Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?

Montesquieu quotes: I've never known any distress that an hour's reading didn't relieve.

I've never known any distress that an hour's reading didn't relieve.

Montesquieu quotes: Solemnity is the shield of idiots

Solemnity is the shield of idiots

Montesquieu quotes: There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.

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

Montesquieu quotes: Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

Montesquieu quotes: The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.

The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.

Montesquieu quotes: An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.

Montesquieu quotes: When the savages of Louisiana are desirous of fruit, they cut the tree to the root and gather the fruit. This is an emblem of despotic government.

When the savages of Louisiana are desirous of fruit, they cut the tree to the root and gather the fruit. This is an emblem of despotic government.