To have never done anything but make the eighteenth part of a pin, is a sorry account for a human being to give of his existence.


Book I, On Production, Chapter VIII, p. 98 (See also: Adam Smith) - A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832)

Jean-Baptiste Say Quotes

To have never done anything but make the eighteenth part of a pin, is a sorry account for a human being to give of his existence.

To have never done anything but make the eighteenth part of a pin, is a sorry account for a human being to give of his existence.

To have never done anything but make the eighteenth part of a pin, is a sorry account for a human being to give of his existence.

To have never done anything but make the eighteenth part of a pin, is a sorry account for a human being to give of his existence.