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Charles de Montesquieu

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Who is Charles de Montesquieu? The quotes below are the best introduction we can offer. Whether reflecting on Men or Success, Charles de Montesquieu brought uncommon clarity to every subject. 17 of Charles de Montesquieu's sharpest quotes live here, spanning themes of Men, Success, Fear, Death, and War. A line that stays with you: "There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion."

“We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.”

— Charles de Montesquieu

Death

All Quotes by Charles de Montesquieu

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

— Charles de Montesquieu

Success

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

— Charles de Montesquieu

Death

“We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.”

— Charles de Montesquieu

Death

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

— Charles de Montesquieu

Power

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

— Charles de Montesquieu

Fear

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

— Charles de Montesquieu

Success

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

— Charles de Montesquieu

Future

“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

Fear

“An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.”

— Charles de Montesquieu

War

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

— Charles de Montesquieu

Great

“Peace is a natural effect of trade.”

— Charles de Montesquieu

Peace

“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

Happiness

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

— Charles de Montesquieu

Friendship

“The less men think, the more they talk.”

— Charles de Montesquieu

Men

“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

Age