Liberty is the right to do whatever the laws permit.
Freedom
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Quotes by Baron de Montesquieu
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If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.
Wisdom
What orators lack in depth they make up to you in length.
Wisdom
I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.
Life
The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.
Success
Ever since the invention of gunpowder…I continually tremble lest men should, in the end, uncover some secret which would provide a short way of abolishing mankind, of annihilating peoples and nations in their entirety.
Wisdom