# Quote — Bernard Mandeville, The Fable of the Bees

> People of Substance may Sin without being expos'd for their stolen Pleasure; but Servants and the Poorer sort of Women have seldom an Opportunity of concealing a Big Belly, or at least the Consequences of it.

- Author: [Bernard Mandeville](https://www.leafyquotes.com/bernard-mandeville.md)
- Book: [The Fable of the Bees](https://www.leafyquotes.com/bernard-mandeville/the-fable-of-the-bees.md)
- Page: 66
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/bernard-mandeville/the-fable-of-the-bees/people-of-substance

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> There is no Intrinsick Worth in Money but what is alterable with the Times, and whether a Guinea goes for Twenty Pounds or for a Shilling, it is … the Labour of the Poor, and not the high and low value that is set on Gold or Silver, which all the Comforts of Life must arise from.

p. 345 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/bernard-mandeville/the-fable-of-the-bees/there-is-no-intrinsick.md)

> Knowledge both enlarges and multiplies our Desires, and the fewer things a Man wishes for, the more easily his Necessities may be supply'd.

p. 328 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/bernard-mandeville/the-fable-of-the-bees/knowledge-both-enlarges.md)

> If Courtezans and Strumpets were to be prosecuted with as much Rigour as some silly People would have it, what Locks or Bars would be sufficient to preserve the Honour of our Wives and Daughters?

p. 95 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/bernard-mandeville/the-fable-of-the-bees/if-courtezans-and.md)