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Quote by Adam Smith
The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another

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

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To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers, but extremely fit for a nation that is governed by shopkeepers. – Adam Smith

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Empire
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Adam Smith
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Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain and the greater the number of your tickets the nearer your approach to this certainty. – Adam Smith

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Science
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What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience? – Adam Smith

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I understand that finance can be very complex. – Kevin Harrington

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One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute. – William Feather

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It is usually people in the money business, finance, and international trade that are really rich. – Robin Leach

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Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth. – Alfred Marshall

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Every morning I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If Im not there, I go to work. – Robert Orben

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God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly. – Paul Valery

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