Sayings of adam smith

1. "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."

2. "The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence."

3. "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."

4. "The wealth of a nation consists not in the abundance of gold and silver, but in the productivity of its labor."

5. "Every individual necessarily labors to render the annual revenue of the society as great as he can. He generally neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it."

6. "People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices."

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

8. "The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition is so powerful that it is alone, and without any assistance, capable of carrying on the society to wealth and prosperity."

Above is Sayings of adam smith.