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. — Adam Smith
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Adam Smith : Scottish Economist
Born: June 5, 1723
Died: July 17, 1790
I ate no butcher’s meat, lived chiefly on fruits, vegetables…
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Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning…
The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a …
This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffl…
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm an…
What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health…
I have never known much good done by those who affected to t…
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Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree …
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I actually wanted to be a forensic scientist for a while. Wh…
Scotsmen are metaphisical and emotional, they are sceptical …
Dictators can fix up their entire families in good jobs, in …
I like to be bought flowers and taken out for dinner. I like…
Looking so cool, his greed is hard to conceal, he’s fresh ou…
It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, b…
I know no subject more elevating, more amazing, more ready t…
