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Famous Baron de Montesquieu Quotes
Source: The Spirit of Laws
Source: The Spirit of Laws
Source: The Spirit of Laws
“Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature.”
Source: The Spirit of Laws
“Certain kinds of foolishness are such that a greater foolishness would be better.”
“Coffee renders many foolish people temporarily capable of wise actions”
“When one wants to change manners and customs, one should not do so by changing the laws.”
“The majority of men are more capable of great actions than of good ones.”
“I like peasants-they are not sophisticated enough to reason speciously.”
Source: The Spirit of Laws
“It is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.”
Source: The Spirit of Laws
“Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.”
Source: The Spirit of Laws
Source: The Spirit of Laws
“Wonderful maxim: not to talk of things any more after they are done.”