Quotes by Montesquieu, Charles De

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

The severity of the laws prevents their execution. >>

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies. >>

Quotations about Happiness

Happiness lies in being privileged to work hard for long hours in doin >>

Happiness... she loves, to see men at work. She loves sweat, weariness >>

Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulg >>

If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.

Montesquieu, Charles De