What did Baron de Montesquieu mean by: I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise. - Baron de Montesquieu Author · France Copy
+ The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Baron de Montesquieu, Luxury, Perfect, Republic, 0 - Baron de Montesquieu Author · France
+ Wonderful maxim: not to talk of things any more after they are done. Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Baron de Montesquieu, Acceptance, Wonderful, 0 - Baron de Montesquieu Author · France
+ Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half. Feraz Zeid, June 8, 2023December 12, 2023, Baron de Montesquieu, Lunch, Paris, Philosophical, 0 - Baron de Montesquieu Author · France
+ Happy the people whose annals are tiresome. Feraz Zeid, July 28, 2023December 12, 2023, Baron de Montesquieu, History, 0 - Baron de Montesquieu Author · France
+ An injustice to one is a threat made to all Feraz Zeid, June 4, 2023December 12, 2023, Baron de Montesquieu, Injustice, Threat, 0 - Baron de Montesquieu Author · France
+ Vitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth). Feraz Zeid, June 4, 2023December 12, 2023, Baron de Montesquieu, God, 0 - Baron de Montesquieu Author · France
+ When we seek after wit, we discover only foolishness. Feraz Zeid, June 17, 2023December 12, 2023, Baron de Montesquieu, Fool, Wit, 0 - Baron de Montesquieu Author · France
+ It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Baron de Montesquieu, Checks, 0 - Baron de Montesquieu Author · France
The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The court is like a palace of marble; it’s composed of people very hard and very polished. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
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