Author: Adam Smith

Quotes

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

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

Resentment seems to have been given us by nature for a defense, and for a defense only! It is the safeguard of justice and the security of innocence.

Resentment seems to have been given us by nature for a defense, and for a defense only! It is the safeguard of justice and the security of innocence.

- Adam Smith

I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.

I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.

- Adam Smith

All money is a matter of belief.

All money is a matter of belief.

- Adam Smith

This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by the facts.

This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by the facts.

- 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

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

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

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