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The verdict of our own conscience outweighs the applause or disapproval of the whole world
Drawn from what Adam Smith said
What Adam Smith actually said
- Adam Smith Scottish moral philosopher and economist (1723 to 1790)
The applause of the whole world will avail but little, if our own conscience condemn us; and the disapprobation of all mankind is not capable of oppressing us, when we are absolved by the tribunal within our own breast, and when our own mind tells us that mankind are in the wrong.
Where this was said
↗The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759; Dublin printing of 1777)gutenberg.org
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