Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permits.

La liberté est le droit de faire tout ce que les lois permettent

Montesquieu

The Spirit of the Laws

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Topic

Nature of freedom Freedom

Author

Montesquieu

Source

The Spirit of the Laws

Medium

Treatise

Genre

Political literature

Statement Type

Definition

Language

French

Time

1748 1740s 18th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Secondat, Charles Baron de Montesquieu [published anonymously]. L'Esprit de Lois [The Spirit of Laws]. Geneva: Barrillot & Fils, 1748, bk. 11, ch. 3.

Current Citation

Secondat, Charles Baron de Montesquieu. The Spirit of Laws. Prometheus, 2002, bk. 11, ch. 3.

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Tart Words make no Friends: a spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a Gallon of Vinegar.

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Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)
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Almanac
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English
Time
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Era
Colonial America
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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1744.

Current Citation

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I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.

Thomas Jefferson

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Downsides of freedom Freedom

Author

Thomas Jefferson
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1791 1790s 18th century
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Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to Archibald Stuart. 23 Dec. 1791.

Another quote originally in French

To govern is to choose.

Pierre-Marc-Gaston de Lévis

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Political leadership Politics

Author

Pierre-Marc-Gaston de Lévis
Language
French
Time
1808 1800s 19th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Levis, Pierre Marc Gaston. "Maximes de Politique." Maximes et reflexions sur differents sujets. Paris, 1808, no. 19.

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Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the highest and best feelings to which men have risen.

Leo Tolstoy

What Is Art?

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Purpose of art

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Leo Tolstoy
Source
What Is Art?
Medium
Essay
Statement Type
Definition
Language
Russian
Time
1897 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. What is Art? London: The Brotherhood Publishing Company, 1898.

Current Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. What Is Art? Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. Penguin Classics, 1996.