Nothing but the most exemplary morals can give dignity to a man of small fortune.
Adam Smith Quotes
1723–1790 Scotland
Adam Smith (16 June 1723 – 17 July 1790) was a Scottish-born economist and philosopher, widely considered the "father of modern economics".
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Also known as: Smith, Adam, Smithian, Smithianism, Smithians
133 quotes
The Wealth of Nations (1776)
No fixed capital can yield any revenue but by means of a circulating capital.
The Wealth of Nations (1776)
The Wealth of Nations (1776)
Hatred and anger are the greatest poison to the happiness of a good mind.
The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759)
The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759)
It proposes to enrich both the people and the sovereign.
The Wealth of Nations (1776)
The Wealth of Nations (1776)
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
The Wealth of Nations (1776)
Nobody ever saw a dog make a fair and deliberate exchange of one bone for another with another dog.
The Wealth of Nations (1776)
The Wealth of Nations (1776)
The Wealth of Nations (1776)
All registers which, it is acknowledged, ought to be kept secret, ought certainly never to exist.
The Wealth of Nations (1776)
The Wealth of Nations (1776)
But bounty and hospitality very seldom lead to extravagance; though vanity almost always does.
The Wealth of Nations (1776)
The Wealth of Nations (1776)
The world neither ever saw, nor ever will see, a perfectly fair lottery.
The Wealth of Nations (1776)
The great affair, we always find, is to get money.
The Wealth of Nations (1776)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Adam Smith (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.