Montesquieu Quotes
The coffee is prepared in such a way that it makes those who drink it witty: at least there is not a single soul who, on quitting the house, does not believe himself four times wittier that when he entered it.
Citations
Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat. Persian Letters. Translated by John Davidson, George Routledge and Sons, 1891, p. 81.
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Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, generally referred to as simply Montesquieu, was a French judge, man of letters, and political philosopher.