Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu
(1689 - 1755)
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Science Quotes by Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (9 quotes)
All scientific men were formerly accused of practicing magic. And no wonder, for each said to himself: “I have carried human intelligence as far as it will go, and yet So-and-so has gone further than I. Ergo, he has taken to sorcery.”
Tous les savants étoient autrefois accusés de magie. Je n’en suis point étonné. Chacun disoit en lui-même: J’ai porté les talents naturels aussi loin qu’ils peuvent aller; cependant un certain savant a des avantages sur moi: il faut bien qu’il y ait là quelque diablerie.
Tous les savants étoient autrefois accusés de magie. Je n’en suis point étonné. Chacun disoit en lui-même: J’ai porté les talents naturels aussi loin qu’ils peuvent aller; cependant un certain savant a des avantages sur moi: il faut bien qu’il y ait là quelque diablerie.
— Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu
Beasts have not the high advantages which we possess; but they have some which we have not. They have not our hopes, but then they have not our fears; they are subject like us to death, but it is without being aware of it; most of them are better able to preserve themselves than we are, and make a less bad use of their passions.
— Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu
Great God, how can we possibly be always right and the others always wrong?
— Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu
In cold countries the aqueous particles of the blood is exhaled slightly by perspiration; it remains in great abundance. One can therefore make use of spirituous liquors without the blood coagulating. It is full of humours. Strong liquors, which give movement to the blood, may be suitable there.
— Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu
Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations arising from the nature of things. In this sense all beings have their laws: the Deity His laws, the material world its laws, the intelligences superior to man their laws, the beasts their laws, man his laws.
— Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu
Man is a social animal formed to please in society.
— Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu
Marly 30 July 1705. From all I hear of Leibniz he must be very intelligent, and pleasant company in consequence. It is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour.
— Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu
Society is the union of men and not the men themselves.
— Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu
Those who have few affairs to attend to are great speakers: the less men think, the more they talk.
— Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu