Quote

You have to study a great deal to know a little.

Baron de Montesquieu

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Baron de Montesquieu
Learning
Study
Littles
Little
Great
Deal
Deals

More quotes by Baron de Montesquieu

Image
Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations derived from the nature of things.
Baron de Montesquieu
Image
Republics end through luxury monarchies through poverty.
Baron de Montesquieu
Image
Law in general is human reason, inasmuch as it governs all the inhabitants of the earth: the political and civil laws of each nation ought to be only the particular cases in which human reason is applied.
Baron de Montesquieu
Image
A rational army would run away.
Baron de Montesquieu
Image
Sometimes a man who deserves to be looked upon because he is a fool is despised only because he is a lawyer.
Baron de Montesquieu
Image
The public business must be carried on with a certain motion, neither too quick nor too slow.
Baron de Montesquieu
Image
There are countries where a man is worth nothing there are others where he is worth less than nothing.
Baron de Montesquieu
Image
Republics come to an end by luxurious habits monarchies by poverty.
Baron de Montesquieu
Image
A fondness for reading changes the inevitable dull hours of our life into exquisite hours of delight.
Baron de Montesquieu
Image
Men in excess of happiness or misery are equally inclined to severity. Witness conquerors and monks! It is mediocrity alone, and a mixture of prosperous and adverse fortune that inspire us with lenity and pity.
Baron de Montesquieu
Image
Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.
Baron de Montesquieu
Image
Man is a social animal formed to please in society.
Baron de Montesquieu
Image
The power of divorce can be given only to those who feel the inconveniences of marriage, and who are sensible of the moment when it is for their interest to make them cease.
Baron de Montesquieu
Image
What unhappy beings men are! They constantly waver between false hopes and silly fears, and instead of relying on reason they create monsters to frighten themselves with, and phantoms which lead them astray.
Baron de Montesquieu
Image
It is always the adventurous who accomplish great things.
Baron de Montesquieu
Image
As virtue is necessary in a republic, and honor in a monarchy, fear is what is required in a despotism. As for virtue, it is not at all necessary, and honor would be dangerous there.
Baron de Montesquieu
Image
When a government lasts a long while, it deteriorates by insensible degrees. Republics end through luxury, monarchies through poverty.
Baron de Montesquieu
Image
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.
Baron de Montesquieu
Image
The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.
Baron de Montesquieu
Image
That anyone who possesses power has a tendency to abuse it is an eternal truth. They tend to go as far as the barriers will allow.
Baron de Montesquieu