Quotes by Montesquieu, Charles De

I have always observed that to succeed in the world a person must seem >>

There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not fro >>

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits. >>

Quotations about Greatness

None think the great unhappy, but the great. >>

It's not what you take but what you leave behind that defines greatnes >>

I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great. >>

It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.

Montesquieu, Charles De