“The poor man's son, whom heaven has in its anger visited with ambition, goes beyong admiration of palaces to envy. He labours… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
“The great source of both the misery and disorders of human life, seems to arise from over-rating the difference between one permanent… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
But poverty, though it does not prevent the generation, is extremely unfavourable to the rearing of children. The tender plant is produced,… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
That wealth and greatness are often regarded with the respect and admiration which are due only to wisdom and virtue; and that… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
“The common complaint, that luxury extends itself even to the lowest ranks of the people, and that the labouring poor will not… — 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
