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. – Adam Smith

Wherever there is great property, there is great inequality… for one very rich man, there must be at least five hundred poor. – Adam Smith

Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience. – Adam Smith

With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches. – Adam Smith

What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience? – Adam Smith

The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations. – Adam Smith

No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable. – Adam Smith

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

Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. – Adam Smith

Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this – no dog exchanges bones with another. – Adam Smith