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Products of Perfected Civilization [Produits de la Civilisation Perfectionée], Part 1 "Maxims and Thoughts [Maximes et Pensées]," ch. 2, ¶ 164 (1795) [tr. Mathers (1926)] - Chamfort, Nicolas | WIST Quotations
Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones; there may be a wide gulf between a man who despises money and a genuinely honest man. [L'intérêt d'argent est la grande épreuve des petits caractères; mais ce n'est encore que la…