Apr 13
That wisdom which contrived the system of human affections, as well as that of every other part of nature, seems to have judged that the interest of the great society of mankind would be best promoted by directing the principal attention of each individual to that particular portion of it, which was most within the sphere both of his abilities and of his understanding.*
* Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments (Indianapolis: Liberty Press, 1976 [1759]), p. 375.