Adam Smith quotes about money
Scottish Economist June 5, 1723 – July 17, 1790
Adam Smith quotes in frenchAdam Smith quotes in russian
Adam Smith quotes in german
Cite this Page: Citation
Quotes
How many people ruin themselves by laying out money on trinkets of frivolous utility? What pleases these lovers of toys is not so much the utility, as the aptness of the machines which are fitted to promote it. All their pockets are stuffed with little conveniences. They contrive new pockets, unknown in the clothes of other people, in order to carry a greater number. They walk about loaded with a multitude of baubles, in weight and sometimes in value not inferior to an ordinary Jew's-box,...
Adam Smith
Popular Author
Related Authors
-
Alice Rivlin Economist
-
Christina Romer Economist
-
Elinor Ostrom Economist
-
ED
Evan Davis Economist
-
Francois Quesnay Economist
-
Henry George Economist
-
JP
John Perkins Economist
-
Lawrence Summers Economist
-
Nicholas Stern Economist
-
Robert Higgs Economist