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Adam Smith Quotes about Happiness

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No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.

No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.

Adam Smith
Happiness, Equality, Society
Adam Smith (1827). “An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations”, p.33

Nothing is more graceful than habitual cheerfulness.

Adam Smith
Happiness, Cheerfulness, Habitual
Adam Smith (2012). “The Theory of Moral Sentiments”, p.39, Courier Corporation

Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse.

Adam Smith
Happiness, Happy, Pulse

How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it.

Adam Smith
Happiness, Selfish, Men
Adam Smith (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Adam Smith (Illustrated)”, p.19, Delphi Classics

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