Author: Adam Smith

Quotes

Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse.

Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse.

- Adam Smith

All money is a matter of belief.

All money is a matter of belief.

- Adam Smith

Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.

Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.

- Adam Smith

The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals.

The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals.

- Adam Smith

What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?

What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?

- 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 own interest.

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 own interest.

- Adam Smith

Labor was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things.

Labor was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things.

- Adam Smith

Great ambition, the desire of real superiority, of leading and directing, seems to be altogether peculiar to man, and speech is the great instrument of ambition.

Great ambition, the desire of real superiority, of leading and directing, seems to be altogether peculiar to man, and speech is the great instrument of ambition.

- Adam Smith

To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.

To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.

- Adam Smith

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