But it is then, and basking in the sunshine of unmerited fortune, that low, sordid, ungenerous, and reptile souls swell with their hoarded poisons; it is then that they display their odious splendor, and shine out in the full lustre of their native villany and baseness.
Burke contrasts noble souls with base individuals, suggesting that prosperity can reveal the true nature of people.
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