Such regulations may, no doubt, be considered as in some respect a violation of natural liberty. But those exertions of the natural… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to only… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
All registers which, it is acknowledged, ought to be kept secret, ought certainly never to exist. — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
The man scarce lives who is not more credulous than he ought to be... The natural disposition is always to believe. It… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out and to keep out of the pockets of the people… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Fear is in almost all cases a wretched instrument of government, and ought in particular never to be employed against any order… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
It must always be remembered, however, that it is the luxuries, and not the necessary expense of the inferior ranks of people,… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
The subjects of every state ought to contribute toward the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
To hinder, besides, the farmer from selling his goods at all times to the best market, is evidently to sacrifice the ordinary… — 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… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
The interest of [businessmen] is always in some respects different from, and even opposite to, that of the public ... The proposal… — 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
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