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Society Quotes
Hand-picked society quotes chosen for depth and honesty. Use them for daily motivation, quiet reflection, or to share with someone who needs them.
"The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."
-- 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"Nobody but a beggar chuses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."
-- Adam Smith"Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."
-- 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. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."
-- Adam Smith"Great ambition, the desire of real superiority, of leading and directing, seems to be altogether peculiar to man. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."
-- Adam Smith"The great secret of education is to direct vanity to proper objects. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."
-- Adam Smith"Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."
-- 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. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."
-- Adam Smith"Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."
-- Adam Smith"No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable. An insight drawn from the invisible hand."
-- Adam Smith"It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences."
-- Nelson Mandela"There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children."
-- Nelson Mandela"Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life."
-- Nelson Mandela"Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood."
-- Plato"Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens."
-- Plato"For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?"
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Hand-picked society quotes chosen for depth and honesty. Use them for daily motivation, quiet reflection, or to share with someone who needs them.
Some of the most celebrated society quotes come from A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Albert Einstein, Confucius, William Shakespeare, Mahatma Gandhi, among many others featured on this page.
Popular society quotes include: "Where do the evils like corruption arise from? It comes from the never-ending greed." -- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Also: "A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?" -- Albert Einstein.
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