But man has almost constant occasion for the help of his brethren, and it is in vain for him to expect it from their benevolence only. He will be more likely to prevail if he can interest their self-love in his favour, and shew them that it is for their own advantage to do for him what he requires of them. (ang.)
Badania nad naturą i przyczynami bogactwa narodów
Źródło: Księga I, rozdz. II
Adam Smith: Człowiek
Adam Smith był brytyjski myśliciel. Odkryj ciekawe cytaty na temat człowiek.Źródło: Jerzy Chodorowski, Adam Smith (1723–1790). Życie i dzieło autora „Badań nad naturą i przyczynami bogactwa narodów”, Wyd. Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego, 2002, s. 253.
A man must always live by his work, and his wages must at least be sufficient to maintain him. They must even upon most occasions be somewhat more, otherwise it would be impossible for him to bring up a family, and the race of such workmen could not last beyond the first generation. (ang.)
Badania nad naturą i przyczynami bogactwa narodów
Źródło: rozdz. VIII http://books.google.pl/books?id=AXg4mctZEZ8C&pg=PA60&dq=inauthor:Adam+inauthor:Smith+%22man+must+always%22&hl=pl&ei=0igoTuaKCsaa-gbs5J3RCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=inauthor%3AAdam%20inauthor%3ASmith%20%22man%20must%20always%22&f=false
Źródło: Witold Kwaśnicki, Zasady ekonomii rynkowej, op. cit., s. 42.
As every individual, therefore, endeavours as much as he can both to employ his capital in the support of domestic industry, and so to direct that industry that its produce may be of the greatest value; every individual necessarily labours to render the annual revenue of the society as great as he can. (…) and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention. (ang.)
Badania nad naturą i przyczynami bogactwa narodów
Źródło: Księga IV, rozdz. II, przeł.B. Jasińska, PWN, Warszawa 1954.
Nobody ever saw a dog make a fair and deliberate exchange of one bone for another with another dog. (ang.)
Badania nad naturą i przyczynami bogactwa narodów
Źródło: Księga I, rozdz. II