The violence and injustice of the rulers of mankind is an ancient evil, for which, I am afraid, the nature of human affairs can scarce admit a remedy.
ADAM SMITHLabour was the first price, the original purchase – money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased.
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An instructed and intelligent people are always more decent and orderly than an ignorant and stupid one.
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Defense is superior to opulence.
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What can be added to the happiness of the man who is in health, who is out of debt, and has a clear conscience?
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I am a beau in nothing but my books.
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The property which every man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable.
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Great nations are never impoverished by private, though they sometimes are by public prodigality and misconduct.
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In ease of body, peace of mind, all the different ranks of life are nearly upon a level and the beggar who suns himself by the side of the highway, possesses that security which kings are fighting for.
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The world neither ever saw, nor ever will see, a perfectly fair lottery.
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An English university is a sanctuary in which exploded systems and obsolete prejudices find shelter and protection after they have been . Hunted out of every corner of the world.
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He is led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention.
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The game women play is men.
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How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it.
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It is the natural effect of improvement, however, to diminish gradually the real price of almost all manufactures.
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The real price of everything, what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.
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Labor was the first price, the original purchase – money that was paid for all things.
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