July 17 Quotes
106 quotes in this collection
"No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable. A rational perspective on human ambition."
-- Adam Smith"Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. This remains a cornerstone of economic thought."
-- Adam Smith"The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."
-- Adam Smith"Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse. Such is the nature of a growing economy."
-- Adam Smith"Our merchants and master-manufacturers complain much of the bad effects of high wages... They are silent with regard to the pernicious effects of their own gains. A fundamental law of wealth and nations."
-- Adam Smith"With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches. Words that still shape our understanding of trade."
-- Adam Smith"We are but one of the multitude, in no respect better than any other in it. A quiet truth about human nature."
-- Adam Smith"In regards to the price of commodities, the rise of wages operates as simple interest does, the rise of profit operates like compound interest. This simple truth drives human enterprise."
-- Adam Smith"The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence. A profound reflection on morality and society."
-- Adam Smith"The uniform, constant, and uninterrupted effort of every man to better his condition, the principle from which public and national, as well as private opulence is originally derived, is frequently powerful enough to maintain the natural progress of things toward improvement. An observation that echoes through modern markets."
-- Adam Smith"Avarice over-reaches itself, or perhaps engenders some new vice. A rational perspective on human ambition."
-- Adam Smith"The disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful, and to despise, or, at least, to neglect persons of poor and mean condition is the great and most universal cause of the corruption of our moral sentiments. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."
-- Adam Smith"Defense is of much more importance than opulence. This remains a cornerstone of economic thought."
-- Adam Smith"The discipline of colleges and universities is in general contrived, not for the benefit of the students, but for the interest, or more properly speaking, for the ease of the masters. A quiet truth about human nature."
-- Adam Smith"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. Such is the nature of a growing economy."
-- Adam Smith"What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience? A profound reflection on morality and society."
-- Adam Smith"Every man, as long as he does not violate the laws of justice, is left perfectly free to pursue his own interest his own way. Words that still shape our understanding of trade."
-- Adam Smith"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. An observation that echoes through modern markets."
-- Adam Smith"Great ambition, the desire of real superiority, of leading and directing, seems to be altogether peculiar to man. This simple truth drives human enterprise."
-- Adam Smith"Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity of a man. A rational perspective on human ambition."
-- Adam Smith"Nobody but a beggar chuses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."
-- Adam Smith"To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature. This remains a cornerstone of economic thought."
-- Adam Smith
