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Few people understand themselves because writers teach what men should be, not what they are
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- Bernard Mandeville Anglo-Dutch philosopher and satirist (1670 to 1733)
One of the greatest reasons why so few people understand themselves, is, that most writers are always teaching men what they should be, and hardly ever trouble their heads with telling them what they really are.
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↗The Fable of the Bees; or, Private Vices, Public Benefits (1714; 1806 edition)gutenberg.org
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