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Charles de Montesquieu Quotes


A French social commentator and political thinker who lived during the Enlightenment.
Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, generally referred to as simply Montesquieu, was a French social commentator and political thinker who lived during the Enlightenment. He is famous for his articulation of the theory of separation of powers, taken for granted in modern discussions of government and implemented in many constitutions throughout the world. He was largely responsible for the popularization of the terms feudalism and Byzantine Empire.

Here are some famous quotes by Charles de Montesquieu.

The less men think; the more they talk.

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Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

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If triangles had a God he would have three sides.

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What the orators want in depth they give you in length.

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Success generally depends upon knowing how long it takes to succeed.

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Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty.

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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise.

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Those who have few things to attend to are great babblers; for the less men think the more they talk.

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I have ever held it as a maxim never to do that through another which it was possible for me to execute myself.

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False happiness renders men stern and proud and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders kind and sensible and that happiness is always shared.

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