Quotes by Mandeville, Bernard

The multitude will hardly believe the excessive force of education, an >>

There is no intrinsic worth in money but what is alterable with the ti >>

No habit or quality is more easily acquired than hypocrisy, nor any th >>

Quotations about Shame

The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignom >>

The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes >>

Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their mi >>

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.

Mandeville, Bernard