The learned, however, though they may not be the greatest wits, are always the best company.
Wealth of Nations, capitalism
The learned, however, though they may not be the greatest wits, are always the best company.
Wealth of Nations, capitalism
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Part II, Chapter 1
1762-1763
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