Every man lives by exchanging.
ADAM SMITHHappiness never lays its finger on its pulse.
More Adam Smith Quotes
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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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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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Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this – no dog exchanges bones with another.
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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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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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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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Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
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Never complain of that of which it is at all times in your power to rid yourself.
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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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Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.
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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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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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Defense is superior to opulence.
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An instructed and intelligent people are always more decent and orderly than an ignorant and stupid one.
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