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.
ADAM SMITHWith the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches.
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As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.
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Man, an animal that makes bargains.
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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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Labor was the first price, the original purchase – money that was paid for all things.
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Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse.
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Resentment seems to have been given us by nature for a defense, and for a defense only! It is the safeguard of justice and the security of innocence.
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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.
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Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out and to keep out of the pockets of the people as little as possible, over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the State.
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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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Wherever there is great property, there is great inequality.
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Beneficence is always free, it cannot be extorted by force.
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Mercantile jealousy is excited, and both inflames, and is itself inflamed, by the violence of national animosity.
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Justice, however, never was in reality administered gratis in any country. Lawyers and attornies, at least, must always be paid by the parties; and, if they were not, they would perform their duty still worse than they actually perform it.
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The game women play is men.
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Men desire to have some share in the management of public affairs chiefly on account of the importance which it gives them.
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