Honors
- The Moon crater Legendre is named after him.
- Main-belt asteroid 26950 Legendre is named after him.
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Famous quotes containing the word honors:
“My hearts subdued
Even to the very quality of my lord.
I saw Othellos visage in his mind,
And to his honors and his valiant parts
Did I my soul and fortunes consecrate.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“The sire then shook the honors of his head,
And from his brows damps of oblivion shed
Full on the filial dullness:”
—John Dryden (16311700)
“He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.”
—Walt Whitman (18191892)