It is visible then that it was not any Heathen Religion or other Idolatrous Superstition, that first put Man upon crossing his App...etites and subduing his dearest Inclinations, but the skilful Management of wary Politicians; and the nearer we search into human Nature, the more we shall be convinced, that the Moral Virtues are the Political Offspring which Flattery begot upon Pride.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
This laudable quality is commonly known by the name of Manners and Good- breeding, and consists in a Fashionable Habit, acquir'd b...y Precept and Example, of flattering the Pride and Selfishness of others, and concealing our own with Judgment and Dexterity.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
One good Man may take another's Word, if they so agree, but a whole Nation ought never to trust to any Honesty, but what is built ...upon Necessity; for unhappy is the People, and their Constitution will ever be precarious, whose Welfare must depend upon the Virtues and Consciences of Ministers and Politicians.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Thus every Part was full of Vice, Yet the whole Mass a Paradise...... The worst of all the Multitude Did something for the Common Good. ... ...Luxury Employ'd a Million of the Poor, And odious Pride a Million more... ... ...the very Poor Liv'd better than the Rich before...LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »