We are but one of the multitude, in no respect better than any other in it.
ADAM SMITHThe property which every man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable.
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All for ourselves, and nothing for other people, seems, in every age of the world, to have been the vile maxim of the masters of mankind.
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The greatest improvement in the productive powers of labour, and the greater part of the skill, dexterity, and judgment with which it is anywhere directed, or applied, seem to have been the effects of the division of labour.
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Never complain of that of which it is at all times in your power to rid yourself.
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It is the natural effect of improvement, however, to diminish gradually the real price of almost all manufactures.
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Nothing but the most exemplary morals can give dignity to a man of small fortune.
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It must always be remembered, however, that it is the luxuries, and not the necessary expense of the inferior ranks of people, that ought ever to be taxed.
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Have lots of experiments, but make sure they’re strategically focused.
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In a militia, the character of the laborer, artificer, or tradesman, predominates over that of the soldier: in a standing army, that of the soldier predominates over every other character.
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Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
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Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens.
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An English university is a sanctuary in which exploded systems and obsolete prejudices find shelter and protection after they have been . Hunted out of every corner of the world.
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When profit diminishes, merchants are very apt to complain that trade decays; though the diminution of profit is the natural effect of its prosperity, or of a greater stock being employed in it than before.
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All money is a matter of belief.
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The great secret of education is to direct vanity to proper objects.
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Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.
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