Love 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... Adam Smith 10
Business 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 17
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 22
Natur To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of... Adam Smith 16
Peace Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable... Adam Smith 9
Lose Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your tickets the nearer your approach to this... Adam Smith 14
Opinion The theory that can absorb the greatest number of facts, and persist in doing so, generation after generation, through all changes of opinion and... Adam Smith 12
Happiness What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience? Adam Smith 16
