It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.Adam Smith
“Minds are like parachutes. They only function when open.”
“Minds are like parachutes. They only function when open.”
— THOMAS DEWAR
Scottish whisky distiller · 1864 – 1930
Thomas Dewar, later Baron Dewar, was a Scottish businessman who, with his brother John, built Dewar's whisky into a global brand. A celebrated traveller and wit, he was famous for his aphorisms, known as 'Dewarisms'.
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