Scottish - Economist | June 5, 1723 - July 17, 1790
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
Adam Smith
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The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations.
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All money is a matter of belief.
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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.
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No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.
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To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.
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Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse.
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Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.
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What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?
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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.
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On the road from the City of Skepticism, I had to pass through the Valley of Ambiguity.
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Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man.
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