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Drawn from what Bernard Mandeville said
friendship The company you keep: whether the people around you make you better or worse, and how to choose them.
These things by superficial judges, are attributed to mans sociableness, his natural propensity to friendship and love of company; but whoever will duly examine things, and look into man more narrowly, will find, that on all these occasions we only endeavour to strengthen our interest, and are moved by the causes already alleged.
Where this was said
↗The Fable of the Bees; or, Private Vices, Public Benefits (1714; 1806 edition)gutenberg.org
All 19 korrents from this piecethis one is 19th
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