At our coming into the world we contract an immense debt to our country, which we can never discharge.
Baron de MontesquieuThe Christian religion is a stranger to mere despotic power. The mildness so frequently recommended in the Gospel is incompatible with the despotic rage.
Baron de MontesquieuA fondness for reading changes the inevitable dull hours of our life into exquisite hours of delight.
Baron de Montesquieu