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  1. A quotation from Montesquieu

    Solemnity is the fool’s shield and buckler.
     
    [La gravité est la bouclier des sots.]

    Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
    Pensées Diverses [Assorted Thoughts], # 1637 / 1051 (1720-1755) [ed. Guterman (1963)]

    Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/montesquieu/78201/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montesquieu #dolt #fool #gravity #idiot #momentousness #protection #selfrighteousness #seriousness #shield #solemnity #pomposity #pomp

  2. A quotation from Montesquieu

    Solemnity is the fool’s shield and buckler.
     
    [La gravité est la bouclier des sots.]

    Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
    Pensées Diverses [Assorted Thoughts], # 1637 / 1051 (1720-1755) [ed. Guterman (1963)]

    Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/montesquieu/78201/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montesquieu #dolt #fool #gravity #idiot #momentousness #protection #selfrighteousness #seriousness #shield #solemnity #pomposity #pomp

  3. A quotation from Montesquieu

    Solemnity is the fool’s shield and buckler.
     
    [La gravité est la bouclier des sots.]

    Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
    Pensées Diverses [Assorted Thoughts], # 1637 / 1051 (1720-1755) [ed. Guterman (1963)]

    Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/montesquieu/78201/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montesquieu #dolt #fool #gravity #idiot #momentousness #protection #selfrighteousness #seriousness #shield #solemnity #pomposity #pomp