"People of substance may sin without being exposed……" — Bernard de Mandeville
"People of substance may sin without being exposed for their stolen pleasure; but servants and the poorer sort of women have seldom an opportunity of concealing a big belly, or at least the consequences of it."
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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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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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If Courtezans and Strumpets were to be prosecuted with as much Rigour as some silly People would have it, what…
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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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