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Knowledge both enlarges and multiplies our Desires, and the fewer things a Man wishes for, the more easily his Necessities may be supply'd.
Source: The Fable of the Bees An Essay on Charity, and Charity-Schools, p. 3280
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Knowledge both enlarges and multiplies our Desires, and the fewer things a Man wishes for, the more easily his Necessities may be supply'd. by : Bernard Mandeville