Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it. — Charles Louis De Secondat
The reason the romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear. — Charles Louis De Secondat
Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed. — Charles Louis De Secondat
The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions. — Charles Louis De Secondat
The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy. — Charles Louis De Secondat
There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice. — Charles Louis De Secondat
There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion. — Charles Louis De Secondat
There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life.. — Charles Louis De Secondat
A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting generations to come. — Charles Louis De Secondat