Adam Smith | men
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, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.
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Adam Smith | humor
Poor David Hume is dying fast, but with more real cheerfulness and good humor and with more real resignation to the necessary course of things, than any whining Christian ever dyed with pretended resignation to the will of God.
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Adam Smith | health
What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?
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Adam Smith | happiness
What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?
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Adam Smith | finance
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.
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Adam Smith | fear
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.