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Charles de Montesquieu

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Biography - Charles de Montesquieu:

French man of letters and political philosopher.
Born: 1689 - Died: 1755
Period:
18th century
17th century
Place of birth: France
France

I have ever held it as a maxim, never to do that through another, which it was possible for me to execute myself.




Translation

Translation

(French)



French
J'ai toujours eu pour principe de ne faire jamais par autrui ce que je pouvais faire par moi-même.




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Quotes for: others


Quotes

Quotes about others:


To be happy, we must consider the happiness of another.





Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.





Article IV – Liberty consists of doing anything which does not harm others: thus, the exercise of the natural rights of each man has only those borders which assure other members of the society the enjoyment of these same rights. These borders can be determined only by the law.





If we had no pride we should not complain of that of others.





Let the other side be heard as well.
Seneca / 





Whoever is happy will make others happy too.











Quotes for: oneself


Quotes

Quotes about oneself:


A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.





The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.





Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.





If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.





Don't forget to love yourself.





To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.











Quotes

Charles de Montesquieu also said...


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.





It is a thousand times easier to do good than to do it well.





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





To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.





An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.





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












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