Wonder and not any expectation of advantage from its discoveries, is the first principle which prompts mankind to the study of Philosophy, of that science which pretends to lay open the concealed connections that unite the various appearances of nature.
ADAM SMITHMen, like animals, naturally multiply in proportion to the means of their subsistence.
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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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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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All money is a matter of belief.
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Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defense of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property against those who have none at all.
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The world neither ever saw, nor ever will see, a perfectly fair lottery.
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A very poor man may be said in some sense to have a demand for a coach and six; he might like to have it; but his demand is not an effectual demand, as the commodity can never be brought to market in order to satisfy it.
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No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.
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Defense is superior to opulence.
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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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Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.
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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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Corn is a necessary, silver is only a superfluity.
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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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With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches.
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Man, an animal that makes bargains.
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