Bernard de Mandeville

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    The most revolutionary invention of the Nineteenth Century was the artificial sterilization of marriage.
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

    The only thing of weight that can be said against modern honour is that it is directly opposite to religion. The one bids you bear injuries with patience, the other tells you if you don’t resent them, you are not fit to live.
    —Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733)