To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them
Charles de Montesquieu was a French lawyer, man of letters, and political philosopher who lived during the Age of Enlightenment.
Lawyer | French
Born: 1689-01-18 in Bordeaux, France
Died: February 10, 1755 in Paris, France
It is not the young people that degenerate they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.
Charles de Montesquieu
Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.
Charles de Montesquieu
We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.
Charles de Montesquieu
I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.
Charles de Montesquieu
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
Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.
Charles de Montesquieu
An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.
Charles de Montesquieu
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
Charles de Montesquieu
False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.
Charles de Montesquieu
The less men think, the more they talk.
Charles de Montesquieu
We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.
Charles de Montesquieu
False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.
Charles de Montesquieu
Peace is a natural effect of trade.
Charles de Montesquieu
The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.
Charles de Montesquieu
In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
Charles de Montesquieu
Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
Charles de Montesquieu
An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.
Charles de Montesquieu