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They put off hearings wilfully,
To finger the refreshing fee.
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The worst of all the Multitude
Did something for the Common Good.
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Pride and Vanity have built more Hospitals than all the Virtues together.
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Private Vices by the dextrous Management of a skilful Politician may be turned into Publick Benefits.
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We seldom call any body lazy, but such as we reckon inferior to us, and of whom we expect some Service.
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Knowledge both enlarges and multiplies our Desires, and the fewer things a Man wishes for, the more easily his Necessities may be supply'd.
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Vast Numbers throng'd the fruitful Hive;
Yet those vast Numbers made 'em thrive;
Millions endeavouring to supply
Each other's Lust and Vanity.
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If Courtezans and Strumpets were to be prosecuted with as much Rigour as some silly People would have it, what Locks or Bars would be sufficient to preserve the Honour of our Wives and Daughters?
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Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.
Dorothy L. Sayers
Bernard Mandeville
Born:
November 15, 1670
Died:
January 21, 1733
(aged 62)
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