• Because Impudence is a Vice, it does not follow that Modesty is a Virtue; it is built upon Shame, a Passion in our Nature, and may be either Good or Bad according to the Actions perform'd from that Motive.

  Source: The Fable of the Bees Remark C, p. 65

  Bernard Mandeville
  British writer and artist 1670-1733
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. impudence
2. according
3. passion
4. actions
5. perform
6. motive

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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, and may be either Good or Bad according to the Actions perform'd from that Motive. by : Bernard Mandeville

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