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people who have before their eyes only rich men, or poor men like themselves, detest their poverty without loving or knowing what puts an end to poverty.
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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
poverty
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Date
1748
Language
English
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Translated by Anne M. Cohler, Basia Carolyn Miller and Harold Samuel Stone
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"people who have before their eyes only rich men, or poor men like themselves, detest their poverty without loving or knowing what puts an end to poverty." Montesquieu, The Spirit of Law (1748).
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