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“I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth I travelled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.”
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“In a nation distracted by faction, there are, no doubt, always a few, though commonly but a very few, who preserve their judgment untainted by the general contagion. They seldom amount to more than, here and there, a solitary individual, without any influence, excluded, by his own candour, from the confidence of either party, and who, though he may be one of the wisest, is necessarily, upon that very account, one of the most insignificant men in the society.”
― The Theory of Moral Sentiments
― The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Alex’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Alex’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
124 books
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45 friends
49 books
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84 books
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523 books
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10 books
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173 books
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30 friends
132 books
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3 friends
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