Economist

To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.

On the road from the City of Skepticism, I had to pass through the Valley of Ambiguity.

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.

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

The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations.

No complaint... is more common than that of a scarcity of money.

Dimana ada harta besar, terdapat ketidaksetaraan yang besar pula.

The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations.

Mereka dipimpin oleh tangan yang tidak terlihat untuk membuat distribusi kebutuhan hidup yang hampir sama, yang telah dibuat, jika bumi dibagi menjadi bagian yang sama di antara semua penghuninya, dan dengan demikian tanpa bermaksud, tanpa menyadarinya, memajukan kepentingan masyarakat, dan penghasilan berarti untuk perbanyakan spesies.

Hal pertama yang harus Anda ketahui adalah diri Anda sendiri.

To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.

Tidak ada masyarakat yang dapat berkembang dan bahagia, sedangkan sebagian besar anggotanya miskin dan sengsara.

Subjek setiap negara harus berkontribusi mendukung pemerintah, sebisa mungkin sesuai dengan kemampuan masing-masing.

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 certainty.

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

Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man.

Seperti yang diamati jika stroke saya jatuh di kaki atau lengan saya atau orang lain. Secara alami saya menarik kaki atau lengan saya kembali dan ketika itu terjadi saya merasakan terluka dan menderita akibatnya.

No complaint... is more common than that of a scarcity of money.

Tidak ada yang pernah melihat seekor anjing secara sengaja dan adil saling tukar menukar tulang dengan anjing lain.

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