All money is a matter of belief.
From Adam Smith
Resentment seems to have been given us by nature for a defense, and for a defense only! It is the safeguard of justice and the security of innocence.
Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.
No complaint... is more common than that of a scarcity of money.
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
On the road from the City of Skepticism, I had to pass through the Valley of Ambiguity.
I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.
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.
Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man.
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.
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