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A merchant, it has been said very properly, is not necessarily the citizen of any particular country.

Adam Smith

Have lots of experiments, but make sure they’re strategically focused.
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Advice Experiment Focus Strategy
Justice, however, never was in reality administered gratis in any country. Lawyers and attornies, at least, must always be paid by the parties; and, if they were not, they would perform their duty still worse than they actually perform it.
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Administration Country Justice Party Pay Performance Reality Responsibility Worst
Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens.
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Beggar Choice Citizenship Independent
Man, an animal that makes bargains.
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Animal Man One Liner
Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things.
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Administration Carry Easy Justice Low Nature Peace State Tolerance
It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.
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Expectation Food Interest Job Ourselves Regard
The proprietor of stock is necessarily a citizen of the world, and is not necessarily attached to any particular country.
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Attachment Citizenship Country Necessary World
Man naturally desires, not only to be loved, but to be lovely; or to be that thing which is the natural and proper object of love.
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Desire Love Man Nature Object
It must always be remembered, however, that it is the luxuries, and not the necessary expense of the inferior ranks of people, that ought ever to be taxed.
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Luxury Necessary People Price Remember Tax
What can be added to the happiness of the man who is in health, who is out of debt, and has a clear conscience?
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Consience Happiness Health Man Money
He is led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention.
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End Hands Himself Intention Leadership
The violence and injustice of the rulers of mankind is an ancient evil, for which, I am afraid, the nature of human affairs can scarce admit a remedy.
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Afraid Cure Evil Human Injustice Kind Man Nature Rule Violence
People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.
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Conversation End Happiness Leaving People Price Togetherness Trade
The man scarce lives who is not more credulous than he ought to be. The natural disposition is always to believe. It is acquired wisdom and experience only that teach incredulity, and they very seldom teach it enough.
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Believe Enough Experience Live Man Teaching Wisdom
Nothing but the most exemplary morals can give dignity to a man of small fortune.
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Dignity Fortune Man Moral Small
Beneficence is always free, it cannot be extorted by force.
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Destroy Force Freedom

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