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Age of Enlightenment10 quotes
Man naturally desires, not only to be loved, but to be lovely; or to be that thing which is the natural and proper object of love. — Adam Smith · 1759Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent. — Adam Smith · 1759Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. — Adam Smith · 1776Never complain of that of which it is at all times in your power to rid yourself. — Adam Smith · 1759People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices. — Adam Smith · 1776We are delighted to find a person who values us as we value ourselves, and distinguishes us from the rest of mankind, with an attention not unlike that with which we distinguish ourselves. — Adam Smith · 1759All 10 quotes →