Бернард Мандевиль цитаты

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„Волнение, вызываемое страхом, пропорционально не опасности, а нашему предчувствию беды, которой мы опасаемся, будь она реальна или воображаема.“

„В тот самый момент, когда зло перестало бы существовать, общество должно было прийти в упадок.“

„Если мы хорошо воспитаны, то не страдаем ни от каких ограничений в наших чувственных удовольствиях.“

“Luxury
Employ'd a Million of the Poor,
And odious Pride a Million more;
Envy it self, and Vanity,
Were Ministers of Industry;
Their darling Folly, Fickleness,
In Diet, Furniture and Dress,
That strange ridic'lous Vice, was made
The very Wheel that turn'd the Trade.”

“Vast Numbers throng'd the fruitful Hive;
Yet those vast Numbers made 'em thrive;
Millions endeavouring to supply
Each other's Lust and Vanity.”

“Private Vices by the dextrous Management of a skilful Politician may be turned into Publick Benefits.”

“Knowledge both enlarges and multiplies our Desires, and the fewer things a Man wishes for, the more easily his Necessities may be supply'd.”