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Own Quotes by Adam Smith
- It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their…
- Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. It is his own advantage, indeed,…
- The first thing you have to know is yourself. A man who knows himself can step outside himself and watch his own reactions like an…
- Though our brother is upon the rack, as long as we ourselves are at ease, our senses will never inform us of what he suffers.…
- In regards to the price of commodities, the rise of wages operates as simple interest does, the rise of profit operates like compound interest. Our…
- It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their…
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- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
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- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
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- And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that… — Isaac Asimov