Charles de Secondat

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

— Charles de Secondat

#justice #law #name #perpetrated #shield

Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#longer #loved #misfortune

Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowledge, and that the lore of the East should alone enlighten us. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#although #believe #born #boundaries #did

Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance... the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#eclipse #fact #human #human reason #intolerance

You have to study a great deal to know a little. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#great #great deal #know #little #study

A man should be mourned at his birth, not at his death. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#death #his #man #mourned #should

I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#descriptions #go #i #make #paradise

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

#commences #enters #equality #his #into

Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them? ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#god #practicing #punish #religion #reveal

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#apt #as far as #authority #carry #constant