The great secret of education is to direct vanity to proper objects.
ADAM SMITH
Nothing but the most exemplary morals can give dignity to a man of small fortune.
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The great secret of education is to direct vanity to proper objects.
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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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It must always be remembered, however, that it is the luxuries, and not the necessary expense of the inferior ranks of people, that ought ever to be taxed.
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What is prudence in the conduct of every private family can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom.
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In the long-run the workman may be as necessary to his master as his master is to him, but the necessity is not so immediate.
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The game women play is men.
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It is unjust that the whole of society should contribute towards an expence of which the benefit is confined to a part of the society.
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Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse.
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Wonder and not any expectation of advantage from its discoveries, is the first principle which prompts mankind to the study of Philosophy, of that science which pretends to lay open the concealed connections that unite the various appearances of nature.
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The proprietor of stock is necessarily a citizen of the world, and is not necessarily attached to any particular country.
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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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The man scarce lives who is not more credulous than he ought to be. The natural disposition is always to believe. It is acquired wisdom and experience only that teach incredulity, and they very seldom teach it enough.
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It is the highest impertinence and presumption, therefore, in kings and ministers to pretend to watch over the economy of private people, and to restrain their expense. They are themselves, always, and without any exception, the greatest spendthrifts in the society.
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No complaint is more common than that of a scarcity of money.
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