No Habit or Quality is more easily acquir'd than Hypocrisy, nor any thing sooner learn'd than to deny the… — Bernard Mandeville
No Habit or Quality is more easily acquir'd than Hypocrisy, nor any thing sooner learn'd than to deny the Sentiments of our Hearts and the Principle we act from: But the Seeds of every Passion are innate to us, and no body comes into the World without them.
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