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«Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.»
Author: Charles de Montesquieu
(Philosopher, Politician)
| Keywords:
kills, lunch, my supper, Paris, supper, suppers, The Other Half
«An author is a fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on boring future generations»
«Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting generations to come.»
Author: Charles de Montesquieu
(Philosopher, Politician)
| About:
Writers
| Keywords:
author, bored, generations, insists, tormenting
«It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.»
Author: Charles de Montesquieu
(Philosopher, Politician)
| Keywords:
corruption, degenerate, mature, spoiled, sunk
«What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.»
Author: Charles de Montesquieu
(Philosopher, Politician)
| Keywords:
depth, in depth, in length, length, orators
«A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.»
Author: Charles de Montesquieu
(Philosopher, Politician)
| About:
Liberty,
Nations
| Keywords:
liberties
«There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.»
Author: Charles de Montesquieu
(Philosopher, Politician)
| Keywords:
crueler, Law and Justice, perpetrate, perpetrated, perpetrates, shield, shielding, The name, The Shield, tyranny
«The severity of the laws prevents their execution.»
«The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear»
Author: Charles de Montesquieu
(Philosopher, Politician)
| Keywords:
footwear, highways, inconvenient, paved, Romans, the Romans
«Laws undertake to punish only overt acts»
Author: Charles de Montesquieu
(Philosopher, Politician)
| About:
Justice,
Punishment
| Keywords:
overt, punish, undertake
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