Adam Smith Quotes
No complaint... is more common than that of a scarcity of money.
Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of con...
Show MoreWhat is prudence in the conduct of every private family can scarce be folly in that of a great kingd...
Show MoreThis is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by the facts.
Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the greater the number ...
Show MoreBy pursuing his own interest (the individual) frequently promotes that of the society more effectual...
Show MoreI have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.
If there is any societyamong robbers and murderers, they must at least. . . .abstainfrom robbing and...
Show MoreVirtue is excellence, something uncommonly great and beautiful, which rises far above what is vulgar...
Show MoreThe great source of both the misery and disorders of human life, seems to arise from over-rating the...
Show MoreThe prudent man is always sincere, and feels horror at the very thought of exposing himself to the d...
Show MoreThe great source of both the misery and disorders of human life, seems to arise from over-rating the...
Show MoreThe prudent man always studies seriously and earnestly to understand whatever he professes to unders...
Show MorePublic services are never better performed than when their reward comes only in consequence of their...
Show MoreThe subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as ...
Show MoreLet us suppose that the great empire of China, with all its myriads of inhabitants, was suddenly swa...
Show MoreNo society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poo...
Show MoreA highway, a bridge, a navigable canal, for example, may in most cases be both made and maintained b...
Show MoreThe natural effort of every individual to better his own condition, when suffered to exert itself wi...
Show MoreLabor was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things.
What can be added to the happiness of man who is in health out of debt and has a clear conscience?
of their passions in the same object at that particular time.
People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversatio...
Show MoreThe man whose whole life is spent in performing a few simple operations, of which the effects are pe...
Show MoreIn regards to the price of commodities, the rise of wages operates as simple interest does, the rise...
Show MoreScience is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
No paint or dye can give so splendid a colour as gilding. The merit of their beauty is greatly enhan...
Show MoreCommerce and manufactures can seldom flourish long in any state which does not enjoy a regular admin...
Show MoreNo apprenticeship has ever been thought necessary to qualify for husbandry, the great trade of the c...
Show MoreAll for ourselves, and nothing for other people, seems, in every age of the world, to have been the ...
Show MoreAs soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other me...
Show MoreHatred and anger are the greatest poison to the happiness of a good mind. There is, in the very feel...
Show MoreWhat can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscienc...
Show MoreThe propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men, and to be f...
Show MoreLabour was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things. It was not b...
Show MoreNo society can surely be flourishing and happy of which by far the greater part of the numbers are p...
Show MoreThe real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is ...
Show MoreCivil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted ...
Show MoreIn the common degree of the moral, there is no virtue. Virtue is excellence.
To attempt to increase the wealth of any country, either by introducing or by detaining in it an unn...
Show MoreThe prudent man always studies seriously and earnestly to understand whatever he professes to unders...
Show MoreThere is a great deal of ruin in a nation.
The interest of [businessmen] is always in some respects different from, and even opposite to, that ...
Show MoreGreat ambition, the desire of real superiority, of leading and directing, seems to be altogether pec...
Show MoreLittle else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbaris...
Show MoreI have always considered David Hume as approaching as nearly the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuo...
Show MoreIt is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, b...
Show MoreHow selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which int...
Show MorePeople of the same trade seldom meet together even for merriment and diversion but the conversatio...
Show MoreResentment seems to have been given us by nature for a defense, and for a defense only! It is the sa...
Show MoreMan an animal that makes bargains.
To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benev...
Show MorePoor David Hume is dying fast, but with more real cheerfulness and good humor and with more real res...
Show MoreAll money is a matter of belief.
Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse.
