Success in the majority of circumstances... by Charles de Montesquieu | We Heart Quotes

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Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

- Charles de Montesquieu

Other quotes by Charles de Montesquieu

God

Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.

- Charles de Montesquieu

God

If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.

- Charles de Montesquieu

Reason

The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.

- Charles de Montesquieu

Age People

It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.

- Charles de Montesquieu

Men

The less men think, the more they talk.

- Charles de Montesquieu

Fool World

I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.

- Charles de Montesquieu

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