"Just look at all these pens and ink! I could write so many things: poetry, history, my deepest secrets, a book that changes the world!"
"So, what are you currently writing?"
"Well, nothing..."
"Just look at all these pens and ink! I could write so many things: poetry, history, my deepest secrets, a book that changes the world!"
"So, what are you currently writing?"
"Well, nothing..."
I believe it is Frederic Bastiat and his parable of the broken window.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window