Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu quotes and words of wisdom

"There is something in animals beside the power of motion. They are not machines; they feel."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"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."
Found in the topic Happiness.

"What orators lack in depth they make up for in length."
Found in the topic Speak.

"There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice."
Found in the topic Cruel.

"Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free."
Found in the topic Love.

"Virtue has need of limits."
Found in the topic Virtue.

"A good writer does not write as people write, But as he writes."
Found in the topic Book.

"The culminating point of administration is to know well how much power, great or small, we ought to use in all circumstances."
Found in the topic Power.

"An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations."
Found in the topic Author.

"Solemnity is the shield of idiots."
Found in the topic Idiots.

"I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise."
Found in the topic Success.

"Useless laws weaken the necessary laws."
Found in the topic Law.

"If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides."
Found in the topic God.

"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."
Found in the topic Apathy.

Interesting Quotes

There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.Douglas Adams - English humorist & science fiction novelist (1952 - 2001)

For every problem, there is one solution which is simple, neat and wrong.Henry Louis Mencken