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

  Source: The Fable of the Bees The Grumbling Hive, line 31, p. 3

  Bernard Mandeville
  British writer and artist 1670-1733
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. endeavouring
2. millions
3. thrive
4. supply
5. vanity

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

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