How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
The emotions of the spectator will still be very apt to fall short of the violence of what is felt by the… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Men of the most robust make, observe that in looking upon sore eyes they often feel a very sensible soreness in their… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
That this is the source of our fellow-feeling for the misery of others, that it is by changing places in fancy with… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
As we have no immediate experience of what other men feel, we can form no idea of the manner in which they… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
The mob, when they are gazing at a dancer on the slack rope, naturally writhe and twist and balance their own bodies,… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Poor David Hume is dying fast, but with more real cheerfulness and good humor and with more real resignation to the necessary course of… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
“The effects of the division of labour, in the general business of society, will be more easily understood by considering in what manner it… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
“The profligacy of a man of fashion is looked upon with much less contempt and aversion, than that of a man of meaner condition.” — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Great ambition, the desire of real superiority, of leading and directing, seems to be altogether peculiar to man, and speech is the great instrument… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens. — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
The liberal reward of labour, therefore, as it is the affect of increasing wealth, so it is the cause of increasing population. To complain… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience? — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
