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who expect honors when they cannot expect wealth, and when they do not get wealth, console themselves because they have acquired honor
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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
wealth
honor
Date
1748
Language
English
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Translated by Anne M. Cohler, Basia Carolyn Miller and Harold Samuel Stone
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"who expect honors when they cannot expect wealth, and when they do not get wealth, console themselves because they have acquired honor" Montesquieu, The Spirit of Law (1748).
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