While superfluity engenders disgust, appetite [...] - Leafy Quotes

While superfluity engenders disgust, appetite is but whetted when fruit is forbidden.

In the original (Italian)

Come la copia delle cose genera fastidio, cosl l'esser le desiderate negate moltiplica l'appetito.

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