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Bernard Mandeville

British writer and artist

Lived from: 1670 - 1733

Category: Scientists | Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 15 november 1670 Died: 21 january 1733

  • There are many examples of women that have excelled in learning, and even in war, but this is no reason we should bring em all up to Latin and Greek or else military discipline, instead of needle-work and housewifery.
  • This laudable quality is commonly known by the name of Manners and Good-breeding, and consists in a Fashionable Habit, acquir'd by Precept and Example, of flattering the Pride and Selfishness of others, and concealing our own with Judgment and Dexterity.
  • Vast Numbers throng'd the fruitful Hive; Yet those vast Numbers made 'em thrive; Millions endeavouring to supply Each other's Lust and Vanity.

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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 the principle we act from: but the seeds of every passion are innate to us, and nobody comes into the world without them.
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  • Then leave Complaints: Fools only strive
    To make a Great an Honest Hive.
    T'enjoy the World's Conveniences,
    Be fam'd in War, yet live in Ease,
    Without great Vices, is a vain
    Eutopia seated in the Brain.
    The Fable of the Bees The Moral, line 1, p. 23
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