“This laudable quality is commonly known by the name of Manners and Good-breeding, and consists in a Fashionable Habit, acquir'd by Precept and Example, of flattering the Pride and Selfishness of others, and concealing our own with Judgment and Dexterity.” NamesQualityKnownExamplePrideHabitJudgmentMannersSelfishnessFashionableBreedingFlatteringConcealingGood BreedingDexterity Book:The Fable of the Bees Source: The Fable of the Bees
“People of substance may sin without being exposed for their stolen pleasure; but servants and the poorer sort of women have seldom an opportunity of concealing a big belly, or at least the consequences of it.” PeopleMayBigsOpportunitySinPleasureConsequenceSubstanceServantExposedBellyStolenConcealing Author:Bernard de Mandeville
“Ashamed of the many frailties they feel within, all men endeavor to hide themselves, their ugly nakedness, from each other, and wrapping up the true motives of their hearts in the specious cloak of sociableness, and their concern for the public good, they are in hopes of concealing their filthy appetites and the deformity of their desires.” MenFeelsHeartDesireConcernShameUglyMotiveAshamedEndeavorAppetiteCloaksFilthyFrailtyPublic GoodWrappingConcealingDeformityWrapping Up Author:Bernard de Mandeville
