15 quotes by Charles de Montesquieu

“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

“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