What did Baron de Montesquieu mean by: I have never known any distress that an hour’s reading did not relieve. - Baron de Montesquieu Author · France Copy
+ The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and the banner of justice. Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Baron de Montesquieu, Justice, Protection, Tyranny, 0 - Baron de Montesquieu Author · France
+ If you run after wit, you will succeed in catching folly. Feraz Zeid, October 21, 2023December 26, 2023, Baron de Montesquieu, Running, Succeed, 0 - Baron de Montesquieu Author · France
+ To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Baron de Montesquieu, Funny Inspirational, Integrity, Leadership, 0 - Baron de Montesquieu Author · France
+ I should like to abolish funerals; the time to mourn a person is at his birth, not his death. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Baron de Montesquieu, Art, History, Philosophy, 0 - Baron de Montesquieu Author · France
+ It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires. Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Baron de Montesquieu, Adventure, Empires, Greatness, 0 - Baron de Montesquieu Author · France
+ I shall ever repeat it, that mankind are governed not by extremes, but by principals of moderation. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Baron de Montesquieu, Extremes, Human, Moderation, 0 - Baron de Montesquieu Author · France
+ In the matter of dress one should always keep below one’s ability. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Baron de Montesquieu, Dresses, 0 - Baron de Montesquieu Author · France
+ Vanity and pride of nations; vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Baron de Montesquieu, Government, Pride, Vanity, 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
After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading. - Lin Yutang Writer · China
It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
