“Some People are not to be persuaded to taste of any Creatures they have daily seen and been acquainted with, while they were alive; others extend their Scruple no further than to their own Poultry, and refuse to eat what they fed and took care of themselves; yet all of them will feed heartily and without Remorse on Beef, Mutton and Fowls when they are bought in the Market.” PeopleCareAliveTasteCreaturesRefuseFedsRemorseBeefScruplesFowlPoultryMutton Author:Bernard de Mandeville
“I don't believe that there is a human creature in his senses, arrived to maturity, that at some time or other has not been carried away by this passion (sc. envy) in good earnest; yet I never met with any one who dared own he was guilty of it but in jest.” BelieveHumansPassionMetsCreaturesDon't BelieveEnvySensesGuiltyMaturityEarnestJestCarried Away Author:Bernard de Mandeville