Bernard de Mandeville: 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.

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.

-- Bernard de Mandeville


		Name: Bernard de Mandeville Type: Philosopher Nationality: English Birth: 1670 Death: 1733

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