There should be weeping at a man's birth, not at his death.
“There should be weeping at a man's birth, not at his death.”
— Montesquieu · Birth
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There should be weeping at a man's birth, not at his death.
“There should be weeping at a man's birth, not at his death.”
— Montesquieu · Birth
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“There should be weeping at a man's birth, not at his death.”
“When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.”
“I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there.”
“An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.”
“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.”
“Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.”
“I hate it when people talk about Tony Curtis and say: 'His real name was Bernie Schwartz... ' That was just the name that he was given at birth. It's not the person he lived his life with, and became.”
“One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among them.”
“We need to change the focus from celebrating sales at the mall to celebrating the significance of President Washington's birth to the birth of our nation.”
“My family means everything to me and the birth of our daughter has enabled me to have more focus on my career and every time I compete, I dedicate my success to them.”
“Prevention of birth is a precipitation of murder.”
“Whether a star has planetary companions or not is a condition of its birth. Those with a larger initial allotment of metals have an advantage over those without.”