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

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“Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.” — Charles de Montesquieu

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“We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.” — Charles de Montesquieu

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“I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.” — Charles de Montesquieu

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“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

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“Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.” — Charles de Montesquieu

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“An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.” — Charles de Montesquieu

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“To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.” — Charles de Montesquieu

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“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

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“The less men think, the more they talk.” — Charles de Montesquieu

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“Peace is a natural effect of trade.” — Charles de Montesquieu

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“The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.” — Charles de Montesquieu

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“In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.” — Charles de Montesquieu

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“Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.” — Charles de Montesquieu

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“An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.” — Charles de Montesquieu

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