How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it.
ADAM SMITHLittle 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.
More Adam Smith Quotes
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The real price of everything, what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.
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Nothing but the most exemplary morals can give dignity to a man of small fortune.
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The game women play is men.
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I am a beau in nothing but my books.
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The first thing you have to know is yourself. A man who knows himself can step outside himself and watch his own reactions like an observer.
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The 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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What can be added to the happiness of the man who is in health, who is out of debt, and has a clear conscience?
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It appears, accordingly, from the experience of all ages and nations, I believe, that the work done by freemen comes cheaper in the end than that performed by slaves.
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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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We are but one of the multitude, in no respect better than any other in it.
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The proprietor of stock is necessarily a citizen of the world, and is not necessarily attached to any particular country.
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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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The disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful, and to despise, or, at least, to neglect persons of poor and mean condition is the great and most universal cause of the corruption of our moral sentiments.
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In the long-run the workman may be as necessary to his master as his master is to him, but the necessity is not so immediate.
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No complaint is more common than that of a scarcity of money.
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