Individual Ambition Serves the Common Good. Autore: Adam Smith Copy Quote More from Adam Smith “Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is i…” “The great source of both the misery and disorders of human life, seems to arise…” “It is the interest of every man to live as much at his ease as he can; and if h…” “What is prudence in the conduct of every private family can scarce be folly in …”