Charles de Montesquieu

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them. ↗

— 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

#boring #content #fool #future #future generations

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

#communicated #false #happiness #kind #men

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

— Charles de Montesquieu

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In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed. ↗

— Charles de Montesquieu

#how #knowing #long #most #succeed

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies. ↗

— Charles de Montesquieu

#monarchies #poverty #republics #ruins

No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ. ↗

— Charles de Montesquieu

#christ #kingdom #more #shed #than

Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death. ↗

— Charles de Montesquieu

#death #men #should #their

There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window. ↗

— Charles de Montesquieu

#does #door #find #flies #fortune

To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight. ↗

— Charles de Montesquieu

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