Man, an animal
that makes bargains.
-- Agreement
Happiness never
lays its finger on its pulse.
-- Analysis
The propensity to
truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all
men, and to be found in no other race of animals.
-- Business
To found a great
empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may
at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of
shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for a nation
of shopkeepers, but extremely fit for a nation that is governed by
shopkeepers.
-- Empire
What can be
added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt,
and has a clear conscience?
-- Happiness
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.
-- Hatred
Humanity is
the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man.
-- Humankind
Mankind are
animals that makes bargains, no other animal does this.
-- Humankind
Adam
Smith
1723-1790, Scottish Economist
