Charles de Montesquieu Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.”

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

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

“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.”

“If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.”

“I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.”

“Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.”

“Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting generations to come.”

“It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.”

“Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.”