Showing posts with label Montesquieu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Montesquieu. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

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Thursday, March 23, 2023

Quotes for Today

 Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Wherever the ways of man are gentle, there is commerce, and wherever there is commerce, the ways of men are gentle." - Montesquieu

"Random violence makes the news precisely because it is so rare; routine acts of kindness does not make the news precisely because it is so commonplace." - Matt Ridley 

"That's the reason they're called lessons, they lessen from day to day." - Lewis Carroll

"Unlike material possessions, which seem exciting at the beginning but then often depreciate quickly, experiences actually gain in value over time: They pay what I call a memory dividend." - Bill Perkins

Saturday, January 01, 2022

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Many times an old man has no other evidence besides his age to prove he has lived a long time." - Seneca

"I wish I were dumber so I could be more certain about my opinions. It looks fun." - Scott Adams

"The less men think, the more they talk." - Montesquieu

"People often overestimate what they can accomplish in one year. But they greatly underestimate what they could accomplish in five years." - Peter Drucker