The less men think, the more they talk. by Charles de Montesquieu | We Heart Quotes

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The less men think, the more they talk.

- Charles de Montesquieu

Other quotes by Charles de Montesquieu

Happiness Men

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.

- Charles de Montesquieu

Death Men

Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.

- Charles de Montesquieu

Reading

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

- Charles de Montesquieu

Peace

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

- Charles de Montesquieu

Blood

No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.

- Charles de Montesquieu

God

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

- Charles de Montesquieu

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