Montesquieu Quotes

Law in general is human reason, inasmuch as it governs all the inhabitants of the earth: the political and civil laws of each nation ought to be only the particular cases in which human reason is applied.

Montesquieu

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: January 18, 1689 - February 10, 1755

Topics

LawPoliticalEarthHumanReason

I was conceived after doctors told my mother she'd never have children. I'm a miracle - we all are.

Jill Scott

MotherChildrenNeverSheMiracle

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.

John Dalberg-Acton

FoolWisePersonSameDifferent

When you hear bosses talk about their best salespeople, they often refer to them as rock stars. It's the highest praise your boss can give someone on your team.

Jeffrey Gitomer

StarsBestBossTeamSomeoneYou

By nature, I think I am a pretty private person, and that is what is hard even doing interviews for films that I really love doing, because in some ways, it diminishes the experience that I had.

Steve Buscemi

NatureLoveExperienceI AmThink

By a considerable margin, my family's largest-ever financial expenditure was the adoption of our two sons.

Rumaan Alam

FamilyFinancialTwoSonsMargin

One of the cornerstones of our democracy is the peaceful transition of power.

Mike Quigley

PowerDemocracyPeacefulTransition

We saw more of each other than we did of our wives. We wrote everything together. But how long can you go on doing that? How long can you go on being half an entity?

Denis Norden

TogetherDoingLongYouGoMore

I was sick of being articulate and loud and charming. I didn't want to play that guy anymore. I wanted to play the absolute opposite of that.

Chris Pine

SickPlayWantCharmingGuyBeing

Apparently, Bette Davis and a lot of actresses had a hard time in their 30s, too.

Winona Ryder

TimeHardBette DavisTooApparently

If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.

Swami Vivekananda

GoodMoneyManValueEvilBetter

I usually write about what makes me feel good.

Poppy

GoodMeFeel GoodFeelWriteAbout

It just comes down to taste at the end of the day, and that's something you can't really analyze. Yeah, I think to have it all there is basically best, regardless of whether there's hiss there as well.

Sean Booth

BestDayThinkEnd Of The DayEnd

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