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Economist Adam Smith was born on 16th June 1723 AD. A Scottish citizen, Adam Smith was born in Scotland. Adam Smith was 67 years old when he died on 17th July 1790 AD. In his life Adam Smith was famous not only for his work but also for quotations and sayings, some of which are quite popular and listed here.

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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.	Tweet
Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.	Tweet
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.	Tweet
Labour was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased.	Tweet
Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another.	Tweet
No complaint... is more common than that of a scarcity of money.	Tweet
No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.	Tweet
With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches.	Tweet
Poor David Hume is dying fast, but with more real cheerfulness and good humor and with more real resignation to the necessary course of things, than any whining Christian ever dyed with pretended resignation to the will of God.	Tweet
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.	Tweet
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.	Tweet
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.	Tweet
The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations.	Tweet
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.	Tweet
To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.	Tweet
Man, an animal that makes bargains.	Tweet

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