Quote by Adam Smith
It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the

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. – Adam Smith

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Labor was the first price, the original purchase – money that was paid for all things. – Adam Smith

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

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

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Successful enterprises are usually led by a proven chief executive who is a competent benevolent dictator. – Richard Pratt

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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Good design is good business. – Thomas J. Watson

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