“ Fathers, ever occupied in preserving the mores of their children, should be at a distance that is natural from everything that could corrupt them. One will say that marriage is not a corruption, but before marriage one must speak, one must make oneself loved, one must seduce ”
Montesquieu, The Spirit of Law (1748). copy citation
| Author | Montesquieu |
|---|---|
| Source | The Spirit of Law |
| Topic | corruption marriage |
| Date | 1748 |
| Language | English |
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| Note | Translated by Anne M. Cohler, Basia Carolyn Miller and Harold Samuel Stone |
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