Quotes by Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations

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Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. — Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
Public services are never better performed than when their reward comes only in consequence of their being performed, an — Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition, when suffered to exert itself with freedom and secur — Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
No apprenticeship has ever been thought necessary to qualify for husbandry, the great trade of the country. After what a — Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
The man whose whole life is spent in performing a few simple operations, of which the effects are perhaps always the sam — Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
In regards to the price of commodities, the rise of wages operates as simple interest does, the rise of profit operates — Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
No paint or dye can give so splendid a colour as gilding. The merit of their beauty is greatly enhanced by their scarcit — Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proport — Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspira — Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
Commerce and manufactures can seldom flourish long in any state which does not enjoy a regular administration of justice — Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
A highway, a bridge, a navigable canal, for example, may in most cases be both made and maintained by a small toll upon — Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
of their passions in the same object at that particular time. — Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations