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An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.
Charles de Montesquieu
War
No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.
Charles de Montesquieu
Blood
Christ
I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.
Charles de Montesquieu
Fool
Succeed
World
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
Charles de Montesquieu
People
Peace is a natural effect of trade.
Charles de Montesquieu
Peace
Effect
Trade
We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.
Charles de Montesquieu
Death
Men
To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.
Charles de Montesquieu
Love
Delight
There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window.
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Life
Flies
Fortune
Visit
There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion.
Charles de Montesquieu
Fear
Laws
Nation
Passion
Reason
There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.
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Justice
Law
Name
Tyranny
Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.
Charles de Montesquieu
God
Talent
Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.
Charles de Montesquieu
Laws
Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
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Success
Circumstances
Majority
Succeed
The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.
Charles de Montesquieu
Apathy
Democracy
Public
Tyranny
Welfare
The less men think, the more they talk.
Charles de Montesquieu
Men
Talk