In ease of body, peace of mind, all the different ranks of life are nearly upon a level and the beggar who suns himself by the side of the highway, possesses that security which kings are fighting for.
ADAM SMITHThe theory that can absorb the greatest number of facts, and persist in doing so, generation after generation, through all changes of opinion and detail, is the one that must rule all observation.
More Adam Smith Quotes
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Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things.
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No complaint is more common than that of a scarcity of money.
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It is unjust that the whole of society should contribute towards an expence of which the benefit is confined to a part of the society.
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The game women play is men.
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Nothing but the most exemplary morals can give dignity to a man of small fortune.
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The theory that can absorb the greatest number of facts, and persist in doing so, generation after generation, through all changes of opinion and detail, is the one that must rule all observation.
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The learned ignore the evidence of their senses to preserve the coherence of the ideas of their imagination.
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He is led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention.
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What is prudence in the conduct of every private family can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom.
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Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the degree in which he can afford to enjoy the necessaries, conveniences, and amusements of human life.
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The violence and injustice of the rulers of mankind is an ancient evil, for which, I am afraid, the nature of human affairs can scarce admit a remedy.
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Goods can serve many other purposes besides purchasing money, but money can serve no other purpose besides purchasing goods.
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I am a beau in nothing but my books.
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The world neither ever saw, nor ever will see, a perfectly fair lottery.
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