As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.
ADAM SMITHThe real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence.
More Adam Smith Quotes
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The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals.
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All money is a matter of belief.
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To feel much for others and little for ourselves, that to restrain our selfish, and to indulge our benevolent affections, constitutes the perfection of human nature.
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Man naturally desires, not only to be loved, but to be lovely; or to be that thing which is the natural and proper object of love.
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Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production.
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No complaint is more common than that of a scarcity of money.
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Nothing but the most exemplary morals can give dignity to a man of small fortune.
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The interest of the dealers, however, in any particular branch of trade or manufactures, is always in some respects different from, and even opposite to, that of the public. To widen the market and to narrow the competition, is always the interest of the dealers.
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Individual Ambition Serves the Common Good.
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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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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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Defense is superior to opulence.
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We are but one of the multitude, in no respect better than any other in it.
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Nothing is more graceful than habitual cheerfulness.
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Labor was the first price, the original purchase – money that was paid for all things.
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