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Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments Quotes: The great source of both the misery and disorders of human life, seems to arise from over-rating the difference between one permanent situation and another...
         

The great source of both the misery and disorders of human life, seems to arise from over-rating the difference between one permanent situation and another...


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