Montesquieu Quote

If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.


As quoted in A Dictionary of Thoughts : Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors, Both Ancient and Modern (1891) edited by Tryon Edwards.


If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we...

If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we...

If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we...

If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we...