Nature of man Quotes by Bernard de Mandeville

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I don't believe that there is a human creature in his senses, arrived to maturity, that at some time or other has not been carried away by this passion (sc. envy) in good earnest; yet I never met with any…

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They that examine into the Nature of Man, abstract from Art and Education, may observe, that what renders him a Sociable Animal, consists not in his desire of Company, Good-nature, Pity, Affability, and other Graces of a fair Outside; but…

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What a vast Traffick is drove, what a variety of Labour is performed in the World to the Maintenance of Thousands of Families that…

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We seldom call anybody lazy, but such as we reckon inferior to us, and of whom we expect some service.

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No habit or quality is more easily acquired than hypocrisy, nor any thing sooner learned than to deny the sentiments of our hearts and…

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I don't believe that there is a human creature in his senses, arrived to maturity, that at some time or other has not been…

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Some People are not to be persuaded to taste of any Creatures they have daily seen and been acquainted with, while they were alive; others extend their Scruple no further than to their own Poultry, and refuse to eat what they fed and took care of themselves; yet all of them will feed heartily and without Remorse on Beef, Mutton…

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If laying aside all worldly Greatness and Vain-Glory, I should be ask'd where I thought it was most probable that Men might enjoy true Happiness, I would prefer a small peaceable Society, in which Men, neither envy'd nor esteem'd by Neighbours, should be contented to live upon the Natural Product of the Spot they inhabit, to a vast Multitude abounding…

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One good Man may take another's Word, if they so agree, but a whole Nation ought never to trust to any Honesty, but what…

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People of substance may sin without being exposed for their stolen pleasure; but servants and the poorer sort of women have seldom an opportunity…

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Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue; it is built upon shame, a passion in our nature,…

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Those who get their living by their daily labor . . . have nothing to stir them up to be serviceable but their wants…

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They that examine into the Nature of Man, abstract from Art and Education, may observe, that what renders him a Sociable Animal, consists not in his desire of Company, Good-nature, Pity, Affability, and other Graces of a fair Outside; but that his vilest and most hateful Qualities are the most necessary Accomplishments to fit him for the largest, and, according…

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The only thing of weight that can be said against modern honor is that it is directly opposite to religion. The one bids you…

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