More From Charles de Secondat
- "Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?"
- "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."
- "Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people."
More In Society
- "Having enough to eat, being able to educate your children, have reasonably stable employment, and being able to live in a society which isn’t collapsing around you-all of these things have been generally eroded."― Susan George
- "Sometimes nudity is gratuitous. We just live in a society where everything goes."― Judi Dench
- "Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking."― Jessamyn West