"No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable."
― Adam Smith
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Society
― Adam Smith
More From Adam Smith
- "Poor David Hume is dying fast, but with more real cheerfulness and good humor and with more real resignation to the necessary course of things, than any whining Christian ever dyed with pretended resignation to the will of God."
- "Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse."
- "What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?"
More In Society
- "The finest clothing made is a person’s own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this."― Mark Twain
- "I have never seen a connection between cinematic violence towards women and actual violence towards women in society."― Richard King
- "In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect."― Friedrich Durrenmatt