To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight appear a… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
He is led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
“A nation is not made welthy by the childish accumulation of shiny metals, but it enriched by the economic prosperity of it's… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
The annual produce of the land and labour of any nation can be increased in its value by no other means, but… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
The importation of gold and silver is not the principal, much less the sole benefit which a nation derives from its foreign… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Among civilized and thriving nations, on the contrary, though a great number of people do no labor at all, many of whom… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
The annual labour of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniencies of life which… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
“It appears, accordingly, from the experience of all ages and nations, I believe, that the work done by freemen comes cheaper in… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Great nations are never impoverished by private, though they sometimes are by public prodigality and misconduct. — 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
