“... the typical worker who through the whole of his life...pursues the idea of a certain artificial and elegant repose which he… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
The violence and injustice of the rulers of mankind is an ancient evil, for which, I am afraid, the nature of human… — 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
Wonder... and not any expectation of advantage from its discoveries, is the first principle which prompts mankind to the study of Philosophy,… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
“All for ourselves, and nothing for other people, seems, in every age of the world, to have been the vile maxim of… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
We are delighted to find a person who values us as we value ourselves, and distinguishes us from the rest of mankind,… — 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 operates in some particular manufactures. It is commonly supposed to be carried furthest in some very trifling ones; not perhaps that it really is carried further in them than in others of more importance: but in… — Adam Smith Copy Share
“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
