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Ambition is excited by work; poverty is consoled by laziness.
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Montesquieu
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The Spirit of Law
(1748)
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Author
Montesquieu
Source
The Spirit of Law
Topic
laziness
poverty
Date
1748
Language
English
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Translated by Anne M. Cohler, Basia Carolyn Miller and Harold Samuel Stone
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"Ambition is excited by work; poverty is consoled by laziness." Montesquieu, The Spirit of Law (1748).
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