Adam Smith Quote

A gardener who cultivates his own garden with his own hands, unites in his own person the three different characters, of landlord, farmer, and labourer. His produce, therefore, should pay him the rent of the first, the profit of the second, and the wages of the third.


An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (ed. 1806)


A gardener who cultivates his own garden with his own hands, unites in his own person the three different characters, of landlord, farmer, and...

A gardener who cultivates his own garden with his own hands, unites in his own person the three different characters, of landlord, farmer, and...

A gardener who cultivates his own garden with his own hands, unites in his own person the three different characters, of landlord, farmer, and...

A gardener who cultivates his own garden with his own hands, unites in his own person the three different characters, of landlord, farmer, and...