Date: 1759

"The violent emotions which at that time agitate us, discolour our views of things, even when we are endeavouring to place ourselves in the situation of another, and to regard the objects that interest us, in the light which they will naturally appear to him. The fury of our own passions constant...

— Smith, Adam (1723-1790)

Date: 1759

"When two objects have frequently been seen together, the imagination acquires a habit of passing easily from the one to the other."

— Smith, Adam (1723-1790)

Date: 1759

"Of their own accord they put us in mind of one another, and the attention glides easily along them."

— Smith, Adam (1723-1790)

Date: 1761

"I can form a just comparison between those great objects and the little objects around me, in no other way than by transporting myself, at least in fancy, to a different station, from whence I can survey both at nearly equal distances, and thereby form some judgment of their real proportions."

— Smith, Adam (1723-1790)