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Montesquieu on Mother's Day

1689–1755 France

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Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.

Lettres Persanes (1721)

There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude...we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.

Lettres Persanes (1721)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Montesquieu (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.