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Montesquieu Quotes

Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Nature Better Wit Favor Speaking

There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.

Mad Know Pleasure Being None Which

I said to my kids, 'Learn the business of America if you want to be an artist in America. The rest of that stuff, the art part, you could pick up in an hour and a half.'

Melvin Van Peebles

Business Art Rest Learn America You

A lot of the early adoption of WordPress was actually from thousands and millions of individually hosted instances, so a lot of the people who ran WordPress were on their own.

People Early Own Who Were Adoption

It is unusual for Joe to be that way, but that's what interested me.

Me Way Unusual Interested Joe

I've found I get big things done when I'm on airplanes or in hotel rooms. It's a total needle-mover to book a fantastic room in a place you adore and then put the 'do not disturb' on the phone and door for a week.

Robin S. Sharma

Door Book Hotel Week You Phone

I try to win the love and approval of strangers, since it didn't work with my family.

Work Family Love Win Strangers Try

There are some societies where women are not even allowed to drive a car, and that restriction is based in the name of religion and tradition. There are other countries where a woman can be punished if she does not cover her head.

Women Car Woman Religion Drive Name

I like any shoot-'em-up game with guns in it.

Game Guns Like Any

It is reckless for a presidential candidate to publicly raise doubts about honoring treaty commitments with our allies.

Reckless Allies Candidate Raise Our

I always tell students that you've got to be practical. You do not need a dream. You need a purpose, something you can wake up to in the morning when the dream is dissipated.

Morning Purpose Wake Up You Dream

There is nothing in your background that inherently holds you back or means you can't achieve what others can achieve. You are the master of your own fate, and if you work hard, you can do what you want.

Nicola Sturgeon

Work Work Hard Fate You Back Want

Among intellectuals who consider themselves 'scientific,' the phrase 'the nature of man' is apt to have the effect of a red flag on a bull.

Murray Rothbard

Nature Man Red Flag Bull Effect

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