It Is Not From The Benevolence Of The Butcher, The Brewer, Or The Baker, That We Expect Our Dinner, But From Their Regard To Their Own Self-interest.

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It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the
baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own
self-interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to
their self-love, and never talk to them of our own neccessities but
of their advantages.
-- Adam Smith

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