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.
ADAM SMITHIt 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.
More Adam Smith Quotes
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Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens.
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No complaint is more common than that of a scarcity of money.
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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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We are but one of the multitude, in no respect better than any other in it.
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Nothing but the most exemplary morals can give dignity to a man of small fortune.
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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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Labor was the first price, the original purchase – money that was paid for all things.
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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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Nothing is more graceful than habitual cheerfulness.
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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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Corn is a necessary, silver is only a superfluity.
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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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I have no faith in political arithmetic.
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Labour was the first price, the original purchase – money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased.
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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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