Self-Interest Quotes
Self-Interest Quotes
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"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"Wherever there is great property there is great inequality. For one very rich man there must be at least five hundred poor. A fundamental law of wealth and nations."
-- Adam Smith"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. A fundamental law of wealth and nations."
-- 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. A fundamental law of wealth and nations."
-- 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. A fundamental law of wealth and nations."
-- Adam Smith"Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another. A fundamental law of wealth and nations."
-- Adam Smith"We are but one of the multitude, in no respect better than any other in it. A fundamental law of wealth and nations."
-- 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 fundamental law of wealth and nations."
-- Adam Smith"Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your tickets the nearer you approach to this certainty. A fundamental law of wealth and nations."
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Self-Interest quotes are concise, memorable sayings that capture timeless wisdom about self-interest, drawn from philosophers, leaders, authors and thinkers across cultures and centuries.
Some of the most celebrated self-interest quotes come from Adam Smith, among many others featured on this page.
Popular self-interest quotes include: "Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. A fundamental law of wealth and nations." -- Adam Smith Also: "Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your tickets the nearer you approach to this certainty. A fundamental law of wealth and nations." -- Adam Smith.
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