Adam Smith — "The desire of food is limited in every man by the narrow capacity of the human s…"

The desire of food is limited in every man by the narrow capacity of the human stomach; but the desire of the conveniences and ornaments of building, dress, equipage, and household furniture, seems to have no limit or certain boundary.
Adam Smith — Adam Smith Early Modern · Wealth of Nations, capitalism

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The Wealth of Nations, Book I, Chapter XI, Part II

Date: 1776

Food & Drink

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