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" It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family, never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy. "
The Collected Works of Dugald Stewart - Page 26
by Dugald Stewart - 1856
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 48

1828 - 722 pages
...the words of Adam Smith, that it is the maxim of every prudent master of a family, never to make at home, what it will cost him more to make than to buy. The tailor does not make his own shoes, but buys them of the shoemaker. The shoemaker does not make his own clothes, but...
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De la richesse commerciale: ou principes d'économie politique ..., Volume 1

Jean Charles L. Simonde de Sismondi - 1803 - 450 pages
...TOME PREMIER. " IT is the maxiin of every prudent master of a family , never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy what is prudence in the comlutt pf every private family, can scarce befolly in that of a greāt Kingdom...
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The American Review of History and Politics, and General ..., Volume 1

Europe - 1811 - 558 pages
...farmers andplanters. " It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family, " never to attempt to make at home, what it will cost him " more to make than to...shoemaker does not attempt to make his own clothes, but * A most senseless clamor has been raised among us, with regard to the portion of British capital,...
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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 2

Adam Smith - 1811 - 532 pages
...generally be hurtful. It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family, never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy....shoes, but buys them of the shoemaker. The shoemaker doee notattempt to makehis ownclothes,but employs a tailor. The farmer attempts to make neither the...
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An Inquiry Into the Various Systems of Political Economy: Their Advantages ...

Charles Ganilh - Economics - 1812 - 520 pages
...abroad. " It is," he says, " the maxim of every prudent master of a family, ' never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy....attempt to make his own clothes, but employs a tailor. All of them find it for their interest to employ their whole industry in a way in which they have some...
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The American Review of History and Politics, and General ..., Volume 4

Europe - 1812 - 500 pages
...abroad." " It is," he says, " the maxim of every prudent master of a family, never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy....attempt to make his own clothes, but employs a tailor. All of them find it for their interest to employ their whole industry in a way in which they have some...
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Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, Volume 1

Dugald Stewart - Psychology - 1814 - 528 pages
...importation, appeals to the maxims upon which men act in private life ; when he remarks, that the taylor does not attempt to make his own shoes, but buys them of the shoemaker, that the shoemaker does not attempt to make his own clothes, but employs a taylor ; and when he concludes,...
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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 2

Adam Smith - Economics - 1819 - 532 pages
...prudent master of a family, never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make thap to buy. The tailor does not attempt to make his own...to make his own clothes, but employs a tailor. The fanner attempts to make neither the one nor the other, but employs those different artificers. AH of...
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Niles' National Register, Volume 16

1819 - 652 pages
...the story of t' " • V - - ist! So much for great names. family, never to attempt to make at hoi.le what it will cost him more to make than to buy. The...shoes, but buys them of the shoemaker. The shoemaker docs not attempt to make his own clothes, but employs a tailor The farmer attempts to make neither...
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Niles' National Register, Volume 16

1819 - 660 pages
...faith in the story of the Cock-lane ghost' So much for great names. family, never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy. The tailor dots not attempt to make his own shoes, but buys them of the shoemaker. The shoemaker does not attempt...
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