Full Idea
Render possessions ever so equal, men's different degrees of art, care, and industry will immediately break that equality.
Clarification
'Art' here means skill
Gist of Idea
If you equalise possessions, people's talents will make them unequal again
Source
David Hume (Enquiry concerning Principles of Morals [1751], III.II.155)
Book Reference
Hume,David: 'Enquiries Conc. Human Understanding, Morals', ed/tr. Selby-Bigge/Nidditch [OUP 1975], p.194
A Reaction
This might not be so if there is a totalitarian restriction of economic freedom.