I am a beau in nothing but my books.
ADAM SMITHIt 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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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.
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The division of labour was limited by the extent of the market.
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It is not by augmenting the capital of the country, but by rendering a greater part of that capital active and productive than would otherwise be so, that the most judicious operations of banking can increase the industry of the country.
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Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse.
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Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this – no dog exchanges bones with another.
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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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No complaint is more common than that of a scarcity of money.
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We are but one of the multitude, in no respect better than any other in it.
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Fear is in almost all cases a wretched instrument of government, and ought in particular never to be employed against any order of men who have the smallest pretensions to independency.
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I have no faith in political arithmetic.
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I have no great faith in political arithmetic, and I mean not to warrant the exactness of either of these computations.
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In general, if any branch of trade, or any division of labour, be advantageous to the public, the freer and more general the competition, it will always be the more so.
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I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.
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Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production.
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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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