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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.

Jean-Baptiste Say

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Jean-Baptiste Say (5 January 1767 – 15 November 1832) was a French economist and businessman. He was said to have held classically liberal views. He is most remembered today for Say's Law.

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All travellers agree that protestant are both richer and more populous than catholic countries;and the reason is, because the habits of the former are more conducive to production.

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. - Jean-Baptiste Say

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