In every commercial state, notwithstanding any pretension to equal rights, the exaltation of a few must depress the many.

In every commercial state, notwithstanding any pretension to equal rights, the exaltation of a few must depress the many.

在每一个商业国家，尽管自命享有平等权利，但少数人的提高必然会使多数人感到沮丧。

-- Adam Ferguson 亚当·弗格森