What did Baron de Montesquieu mean by: Solemnity is the shield of idiots - Baron de Montesquieu Author · France Copy
+ If triangles had a god, he would have three sides. Feraz Zeid, August 21, 2023December 12, 2023, Baron de Montesquieu, God, 0 - Baron de Montesquieu Author · France
+ Virtue in a republic is the love of one’s country, that is the love of equality. Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Baron de Montesquieu, Country, Republic, Virtue, 0 - Baron de Montesquieu Author · France
+ The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears. Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Baron de Montesquieu, Succession, Vain, 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
+ I have never known any distress that an hour’s reading did not relieve. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Baron de Montesquieu, Fearless, Philosophical, Reading, 0 - Baron de Montesquieu Author · France
+ Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Baron de Montesquieu, Philosophical, Success, Time, 0 - Baron de Montesquieu Author · France
+ Power should be a check on power. Feraz Zeid, October 1, 2023December 26, 2023, Baron de Montesquieu, Checks, Evil, Good And Evil, 0 - Baron de Montesquieu Author · France
+ Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty. Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Baron de Montesquieu, Politics, Republic, Wisdom, 0 - Baron de Montesquieu Author · France
Stupidity is always astounding, no matter how often one encounters it. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
If poverty is the mother of all crimes, lack of intelligence is the father. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can’t understand. - Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
One should commit no stupidity twice, the variety of choice is, in the end, large enough. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
I enjoyed watching good-looking idiots looking at each other. A great spectator sport. - Jeff Lindsay Author
They were snobs or idiots or both…yet she was inexplicably crushed by their coldness. - Jennifer Egan Novelist · USA
