The sublimity of administration consists... by Charles de Montesquieu | We Heart Quotes

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The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.

- Charles de Montesquieu

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Countries

Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.

- Charles de Montesquieu

Content

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.

- Charles de Montesquieu

Love

To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.

- Charles de Montesquieu

Laws

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

- Charles de Montesquieu

Laws

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

- Charles de Montesquieu

Want People

If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.

- Charles de Montesquieu

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