 It is the interest of every man to live as much at his ease as he can; and if his emoluments are to be precisely the same, whether he does, or does not perform some very laborious duty, it is certainly his interest...  The Monthly Review - Pagina 2431834Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Adam Smith - 1809 - 514 pagina’s
...His inter^ is, ia this case, set as directly in opposition to his duty as it is possible to set it. It is the interest of every man to live as much at...to be precisely the same, whether he does or does nor perform some very laborious duty, it is certainly his interest, at least as interest is vulgarly... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1822 - 540 pagina’s
...His interest is, in this case, set as directly in opposition to his duty as it is possible to set it. It is the interest of every man to live as much at his case as he can ; and if his emoluments are to be precisely the same, whether he does, or does not perform... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1838 - 476 pagina’s
...His interest is in this case, set as directly in opposition to his duty as it is possible to set it. It is the interest of every man to live as much at his ease as he can ; and if his emoluments arc to be precisely the same, whether he does or does not perform some very laborious duty, it is certainly... | |
 | Edward Stillingfleet Cayley - 1856 - 328 pagina’s
...naturally done badly, because it is not the functionary's direct individual interest to attend to it. " It is the interest of every man to live as much at his ease as he can, and if his emoluments are precisely the same whether he does or does not perform some very laborious duty, it certainly is his... | |
 | Denis Caulfield Heron - 1873 - 128 pagina’s
...endowments most injurious to the cause of science and education. He considered that if a man's emoluments be precisely the same, whether he does or does not perform some very laborious duty, it is his interest either to neglect it altogether or perform it in a careless and slovenly manner ; and... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1875 - 808 pagina’s
...interest is, in this 1 case, set as directly in opposition to his duty as it is possible to set it. It is the interest of every man to live as much at...emoluments are to be precisely the same whether he does 603 THE DIFFICULTIES UNDER WHICH LITERARY TEACHERS LABOUR. or does not perform some very laborious... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1884 - 604 pagina’s
...His interest is, in this case, set a* directly in opposition to his duty as it is puuible to set it. It is the interest of every man to live as much at his ease as he can ; and if hi* emoluments arc to be precisely the »ame, whether he does or does not perform some very laborious... | |
 | Georg Simmel - 1891 - 1314 pagina’s
...much at his ease äs he can; und if his emoluments 'are to be precisely the samc, whether he dof» or does not perform some very laborious duty, it is certainly his interest, at least äs interest is vulgarly understood, either to iieglect it altogether, or if he is subject to some... | |
 | 1891 - 1316 pagina’s
...his ease äs he can; and if his emoluments are to be precisely the snme, whether he does or does iiot perf'orm some very laborious duty, it is certainly his interest, at least äs interest is vulgarly understood, either to neglect it altogether, or if he is subject to some authority... | |
 | Henry Sylvester Nash - 1901 - 218 pagina’s
...Adam Smith, discussing the low state of learning at the English universities in his time, observes, " It is the interest of every man to live as much at his ease as he can" ( Wealth of Nations, bk. 5, ch. 1). The remark has a wide bearing. free hand. The established ecclesiastical... | |
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