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No quality does more to make a society wealthy than pride, yet it is the most detested
Drawn from what Bernard Mandeville said
What Bernard Mandeville actually said
- Bernard Mandeville Anglo-Dutch philosopher and satirist (1670 to 1733)
We are possessed of no other quality so beneficial to society, and so necessary to render it wealthy and flourishing as this, yet it is that which is most generally detested.
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↗The Fable of the Bees; or, Private Vices, Public Benefits (1714; 1806 edition)gutenberg.org
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