1689 – 1755 • French • Philosopher
The severity of the laws prevents their execution.
It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.
Peace is a natural effect of trade.
Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.
What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.
Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.
