Men should be bewailed at their birth and not at their death. — Montesquieu

Men should be bewailed at their birth and not at their death.

In the original French

Il faut pleurer les hommes a leur naissance, et non pas a leur mort.

Persian Letters · 1721
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Provenance
Citation
Montesquieu. Uzbek to Ibben. 20th of the moon of Rhegeb, 1713.