Adam Smith Quote - Man naturally desires, not only to be loved, but to be lovely; or to be that thing which is the natural and proper object of love.

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Man naturally desires, not only to be loved, but to be lovely; or to be that thing which is the natural and proper object of love.

"Man naturally desires, not only to be loved, but to be lovely; or to be that thing which is the natural and proper object of love."

— Adam Smith

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Author: Adam Smith
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Adam Smith Quote - It is the highest impertinence and presumption, therefore, in kings and ministers to pretend to watch over the economy of private people, and to restrain their expense. They are themselves, always, and without any exception, the greatest spendthrifts in the society.

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Adam Smith Quote - I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.

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Adam Smith Quote - The real price of everything, what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.

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Adam Smith Quote - It is not by augmenting the capital of the country, but by rendering a greater part of that capital active and productive than would otherwise be so, that the most judicious operations of banking can increase the industry of the country.

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Adam Smith Quote - Justice, however, never was in reality administered gratis in any country. Lawyers and attornies, at least, must always be paid by the parties; and, if they were not, they would perform their duty still worse than they actually perform it.

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Adam Smith Quote - The theory that can absorb the greatest number of facts, and persist in doing so, generation after generation, through all changes of opinion and detail, is the one that must rule all observation.

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Adam Smith Quote - 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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