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In ease of body, peace of mind, all the different ranks of life are nearly upon a level and the beggar who suns himself by the side of the highway, possesses that security which kings are fighting for.

Adam Smith

A gardener who cultivates his own garden with his own hands, unites in his own person the three different characters, of landlord, farmer, and labourer. His produce, therefore, should pay him the rent of the first, the profit of the second, and the wages of the third.
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Character Different Garden Hands Independent Money Pay Person Production
Wherever there is great property, there is great inequality.
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Equality Greatness Injustice Material Property
Never complain of that of which it is at all times in your power to rid yourself.
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Complaint Power Time Yourself
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
It appears, accordingly, from the experience of all ages and nations, I believe, that the work done by freemen comes cheaper in the end than that performed by slaves.
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Age Believe End Experience Freedom Man Nation Performance Slave
It is unjust that the whole of society should contribute towards an expence of which the benefit is confined to a part of the society.
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Injustice Price Profit Society
Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.
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Cruelty Guilty Innocent Justice Mercy
All money is a matter of belief.
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Belief Money One Liner
The world neither ever saw, nor ever will see, a perfectly fair lottery.
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Fair Perfection Right See World
No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.
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Flourish Greatness Happiness Misery Poor Society
To feel much for others and little for ourselves, that to restrain our selfish, and to indulge our benevolent affections, constitutes the perfection of human nature.
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Engagement Feeling Human Nature Perfection Selfish
Men desire to have some share in the management of public affairs chiefly on account of the importance which it gives them.
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Desire Important Man Management Return
The property which every man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable.
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Foundation Man Property
It is not by augmenting the capital of the country, but by rendering a greater part of that capital active and productive than would otherwise be so, that the most judicious operations of banking can increase the industry of the country.
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Active Country Greatness Production
The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence.
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Customer Discipline Employment Exercise Fear Lose Man Mistake Reality Work
An instructed and intelligent people are always more decent and orderly than an ignorant and stupid one.
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Ignorance Instruction Intelligence Oneself Order People Stupidity

In ease of body, peace of mind, all the different ranks of life are nearly upon a level and the beggar who suns himself by the side of the highway, possesses that security which kings are fighting for.

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