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Adam Smith | Economist | Philosopher | Pioneer of Political Economy | "The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations."

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The first thing you have to know is yourself. A man who knows himself can step outside himself and watch his own reactions like an observer.
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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.
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The uniform, constant, and uninterrupted effort of every man to better his condition, to improve his own lot, is what in all ages and nations constitutes the progress of improvement.
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Great ambition, the desire of real superiority, of leading and directing, seems to be altogether peculiar to man, and speech is the great instrument of ambition.
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To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality.
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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.
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It is not very unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but something more than in that proportion.
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The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition... is so powerful a principle, that it is alone, and without any assistance, capable of carrying on the society to wealth and prosperity.
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The first duty of the sovereign, that of protecting the society from the violence and invasion of other independent societies, can be performed only by means of a military force.
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