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Bernard de Mandeville

Category: English Philosopher
Type: Philosopher
National: English

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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 performed from that motive.

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