Talent is a gift which God has given us... by Charles de Montesquieu | We Heart Quotes

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

- Charles de Montesquieu

Other quotes by Charles de Montesquieu

Laws

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

- Charles de Montesquieu

Success

In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

- Charles de Montesquieu

State

In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.

- Charles de Montesquieu

Justice Name

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.

- Charles de Montesquieu

Death Men

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

- Charles de Montesquieu

Execution

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

- Charles de Montesquieu

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