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.

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The theory that can absorb the greatest number of facts, and persist in doing so,...

The theory that can absorb the greatest number of facts, and persist in doing so,...

Great ambition, the desire of real superiority, of leading and directing, seems to be altogether...

Great ambition, the desire of real superiority, of leading and directing, seems to be altogether...

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.

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that...

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that...

Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the...

Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the...

On the road from the City of Skepticism, I had to pass through the Valley...

On the road from the City of Skepticism, I had to pass through the Valley...

With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the...

With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the...

The theory that can absorb the greatest number of facts, and persist in doing so,...

The theory that can absorb the greatest number of facts, and persist in doing so,...

No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of...

No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Poor David Hume is dying fast, but with more real cheerfulness and good humor and...

Poor David Hume is dying fast, but with more real cheerfulness and good humor and...

All money is a matter of belief.

All money is a matter of belief.

No complaint... is more common than that of a scarcity of money.

No complaint... is more common than that of a scarcity of money.

Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog...

Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog...

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that...

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that...

Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the...

Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the...