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Great nations are never impoverished by private, though they sometimes are by public prodigality and misconduct.

Adam Smith

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Adam Smith
Age: 67 †
Born: 1723
Born: June 16
Died: 1790
Died: July 17
Economist
Non-Fiction Writer
Philosopher
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Writer
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