Quotes by Charles de Secondat

A man should be mourned at his birth, not at his death. (Charles de Secondat)

As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war. (Charles de Secondat)

Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them. (Charles de Secondat)

God is related to the universe, as Creator and Preserver; the laws by which He created all things are those by which He preserves them. (Charles de Secondat)

Happy the people whose annals are tiresome. (Charles de Secondat)

I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there. (Charles de Secondat)

If I knew of something that could serve my nation but would ruin another, I would not propose it to my prince, for I am first a man and only then a Frenchman... because I am necessarily a man, and only accidentally am I French. (Charles de Secondat)

Ive never known any trouble that an hours reading didnt assuage. (Charles de Secondat)

Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit. (Charles de Secondat)

Life was given to me as a favor, so I may abandon it when it is one no longer. (Charles de Secondat)