Adam Smith — "The desire of food is not to be gratified in order to obtain wealth, but the des…"
The desire of food is not to be gratified in order to obtain wealth, but the desire of wealth in order to gratify the desire of food.
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Lectures on Justice, Police, Revenue and Arms, Part I, Introduction
Date: 1762-1763
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