Adam Smith：The Wealth of Nations, Book V, Chapter II, Paragraph 1957

The revenue or profit arising from stock naturally divides itself into two parts; that which pays the interest, and which belongs to the owner of the stock; and that surplus part which is over and above what is necessary for paying the interest.

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