We were born in a flourishing realm, but...... Quote by "Montesquieu"

We were born in a flourishing realm, but we did not believe that its boundaries were those of our knowledge.
— Montesquieu Persian Letters

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Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.
— Montesquieu

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There should be weeping at a man's birth, not at his death.
— Montesquieu

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We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.
— Montesquieu

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Happy the people whose annals are tiresome.
— Montesquieu

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There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.
— Montesquieu

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