Charles Montesquieu

Quotes by Charles Montesquieu

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Judge, historian, and political philosopher · French · 1689–1755

French judge, historian, and political philosopher (1689–1755)

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“The less men think the more they talk.”

“The less men think the more they talk.”

“What the orators want in depth they give you in length.”

“What the orators want in depth they give you in length.”

“Republics are brought to their ends by luxury monarchies by poverty.”

“Republics are brought to their ends by luxury monarchies by poverty.”

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“The less men think the more they talk.”
— Charles Montesquieu
conversation

“What the orators want in depth they give you in length.”
— Charles Montesquieu
oratory

“Republics are brought to their ends by luxury monarchies by poverty.”
— Charles Montesquieu
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“I have ever held it as a maxim never to do that through another which it was possible for me to execute myself.”
— Charles Montesquieu
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“I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise.”
— Charles Montesquieu
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“Those who have few things to attend to are great babblers for the less men think the more they talk.”
— Charles Montesquieu
talk

“The less men think the more they talk.”
— Charles Montesquieu
conversation

“What the orators want in depth they give you in length.”
— Charles Montesquieu
oratory

“Republics are brought to their ends by luxury monarchies by poverty.”
— Charles Montesquieu
republic

“Those who have few things to attend to are great babblers for the less men think the more they talk.”
— Charles Montesquieu
talk