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Quotation by Bernard De Mandeville
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The Fable of the Bees, or, Private Vices, Publick Benefits, sixth edition, p. 37 (1732)The Fable of the Bees, or, Private Vices, Publick Benefits, sixth edition, p. 69 (1732)The Fable of the Bees, or, Private Vices, Publick Benefits, sixth edition, pp. 207-208 (1732)"The Grumbling Hive," The Fable of the Bees, or, Private Vices, Publick Benefits, sixth edition (1732)
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.
Bernard De Mandeville (1670–1733), Anglo-Dutch physician and writer. The Fable of the Bees, or, Private Vices, Publick Benefits, sixth edition, p. 69 (1732).
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