Bernard de Mandeville , English philosopher
said about Nature, Virtue, Actions, May, Modesty, Motive, Passion, Shame, Vice...
"Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue; it is built upon shame, a passion in our nature, and may be either good or bad according to the actions performed from that motive."
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"Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue; it is built upon shame, a passion in our nature, and may be either good or bad according to the actions performed from that motive."- Bernard de Mandeville