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. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never…

Quote by Adam Smith

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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...

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...

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...

Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from...

Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from...

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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,...

Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse.

Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse.

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...

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.

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

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

All money is a matter of belief.

All money is a matter of belief.

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...

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...

Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man.

Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man.