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• Ashamed of the many frailties they feel within, all men endeavor to hide themselves, their ugly nakedness, from each other, and wrapping up the true motives of their hearts in the specious cloak of sociableness, and their concern for the public good, they are in hopes of concealing their filthy appetites and the deformity of their desires.

  ― Bernard Mandeville
  British writer and artist (1670 - 1733)
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• My work is being destroyed almost as soon as it is printed. One day it is being read; the next day someone's wrapping fish in it.

  ― Al Capp
  American cartoonist and humorist (1909 - 1979)
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• Rock 'n' roll is ridiculous. It's absurd. In the past, U2 was trying to duck that. Now we're wrapping our arms around it and giving it a great big kiss.

  ― Bono
  Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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Subjects in these quotes:

• sociableness
• concealing
• ridiculous
• deformity
• destroyed
• desires

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