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Famous Baron de Montesquieu Quotes
“I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.”
“No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.”
“Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.”
“To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.”
“I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.”
“Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.”
“Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.”
“The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.”
“If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.”