“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
Author: Adam Smith
Category: nature
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Adventure upon all the tickets in the
“Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your tickets the nearer your approach to this certainty.”
— Adam Smith
Author: Adam Smith
Category: science
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What can be added to the happiness
“What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?”
— Adam Smith
Author: Adam Smith
Category: happiness
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The propensity to truck, barter and exchange
“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
Author: Adam Smith
Category: finance
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Poor David Hume is dying fast, but
“Poor David Hume is dying fast, but with more real cheerfulness and good humor and with more real resignation to the necessary course of things, than any whining Christian ever dyed with pretended resignation to the will of God.”
— Adam Smith
Author: Adam Smith
Category: humor
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Science is the great antidote to the
“Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.”
— Adam Smith
Author: Adam Smith
Category: science
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It is not from the benevolence of
“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
Author: Adam Smith
Category: business
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Little else is requisite to carry a
“Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things.”
— Adam Smith
Author: Adam Smith
Category: peace
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Labour was the first price, the original
“Labour was the first price, the original purchase – money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased.”
— Adam Smith
Author: Adam Smith
Category: money
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As soon as the land of any
“As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.”
— Adam Smith
Author: Adam Smith
Category: men
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To feel much for others and little
“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
Author: Adam Smith
Category: nature
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