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Chastity may be supported by unchastity, and the best virtues need the help of the worst vices
Drawn from what Bernard Mandeville said
What Bernard Mandeville actually said
- Bernard Mandeville Anglo-Dutch philosopher and satirist (1670 to 1733)
From whence I think I may justly conclude (what was the seeming paradox I went about to prove) that chastity may be supported by incontinence, and the best of virtues want the assistance of the worst of vices.
Where this was said
↗The Fable of the Bees; or, Private Vices, Public Benefits (1714; 1806 edition)gutenberg.org
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