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 SMITHVirtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.
More Adam Smith Quotes
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It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.
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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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Have lots of experiments, but make sure they’re strategically focused.
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The world neither ever saw, nor ever will see, a perfectly fair lottery.
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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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Nothing is more graceful than habitual cheerfulness.
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Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production.
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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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The proprietor of stock is necessarily a citizen of the world, and is not necessarily attached to any particular country.
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I have no faith in political arithmetic.
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Great nations are never impoverished by private, though they sometimes are by public prodigality and misconduct.
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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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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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The rate of profit is naturally low in rich and high in poor countries, and it is always highest in the countries which are going fastest to ruin.
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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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