Quote by Adam Smith
Labor was the first price, the original purchase - money that was

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

Other quotes by Adam Smith

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

Category:
Nature
Read Quote

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. – Adam Smith

Category:
finance
Read Quote

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

Category:
Society
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Money
category

Brigands demand your money or your life women require both. – Samuel Butler

Category:
Money

Money and fame made me believe I was entitled. I was wrong and foolish. – Tiger Woods

Category:
Money

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability. – Henry Ford

Category:
Money

London changes because of money. Its real estate. If they can build some offices or expensive apartments they will, its money that changes everything in a city. – David Bailey

Category:
Money

Random Quotes

We all had lots of stories of our sad experiences – they mourned the death of my wife with me – but we were hopeful that the children would return. – Otto Frank

Category:
sad

If you talk bad about country music, its like saying bad things about my momma. Thems fightin words. – Dolly Parton

Category:
Music

We wonder if we will be the first generation in American history to leave our children with fewer opportunities and a less prosperous nation than the one we inherited. – Paul Ryan

Category:
History

But mostly, its a book about my relationship with my father. – Alison Bechdel

Category:
relationship