"If Courtezans and Strumpets were to be prosecuted……" — Bernard de Mandeville
"If Courtezans and Strumpets were to be prosecuted with as much Rigour as some silly People would have it, what Locks or Bars would be sufficient to preserve the Honour of our Wives and Daughters?"
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Bernard de Mandeville
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11 Quotes by Bernard de Mandeville
Bernard de Mandeville has 11 quotes on this site.
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People of substance may sin without being exposed for their stolen pleasure; but servants and the poorer sort of women…
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There is no intrinsic worth in money but what is alterable with the times, and whether a guinea goes for…
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Ashamed of the many frailties they feel within, all men endeavor to hide themselves, their ugly nakedness, from each other,…
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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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Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue; it is built upon shame, a…
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There are many examples of women that have excelled in learning, and even in war, but this is no reason…
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The only thing of weight that can be said against modern honor is that it is directly opposite to religion.…
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The multitude will hardly believe the excessive force of education, and in the difference of modesty between men and women,…
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Pride and vanity have built more hospitals than all the virtues together,
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No habit or quality is more easily acquired than hypocrisy, nor any thing sooner learned than to deny the sentiments…
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My dad and my uncles owned a bar outside of Cincinnati. I worked there growing up, mopping floors, waiting tables.
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The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas.
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I write to discover what I think. After all, the bars aren't open that early.
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I've sat in sushi bars, really fine ones, and I know how hard this guy worked, how proud he is.…
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The girl I find who wants to talk about quantum theory in a bar is the one I want to…
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When I go to a bar, I don't go looking for a girl who knows the capital of Maine.
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