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Quote by Brian Wilson

“You don't really know what to believe until the Government denies it.”

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Brian Wilson is an American singer-songwriter born on June 20, 1942. He is a founding member of the iconic band The Beach Boys and is renowned for his unique musical style and creative talent. Wilson's contributions to music extend beyond songwriting, including music production and music theory. more

“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages. Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow citizens.”

Source: An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations0: With a life of the author : Also a view of the doctrine of Smith, compared with that of the french economists ...

“Poverty must have many satisfactions, else there would not be so many poor people.”

People Poor Poverty Satisfaction Poor People

Book:So human

Source: So human

“Every individual necessarily labors to render the annual revenue of society as great as he can. He generally neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it. He intends only his own gain, and he is, in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was not part of his intention.”