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The cheapness of wine seems to be a cause, not of drunkenness, but of sobriety. ...People are seldom guilty of excess in…
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The discipline of colleges and universities is in general contrived, not for the benefit of the students, but for the interest, or…
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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…
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No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.
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To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of…
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The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations.
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Labour was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or…
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Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another.
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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…
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Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
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The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men, and to be found in no…
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All money is a matter of belief.
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The working class has been turned into a consuming class - a situation has been created where people value their worth by…
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Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance: they are but beggars who can count their worth.
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Who are you that men should rend their bosom and unveil their pride, that you may see their worth naked and their…
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Organize one's values in the order of their worth
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For athletes, the Olympics are the ultimate test of their worth.
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I try to keep all my novels in print. Sometimes publishers don't agree with me as to their worth.
— Ed McBain
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Some of the money going to the rookies can now be spent on people who have proved their worth. After all, the…
— Bob Lilly
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Perseverance is the master impulse of the firmest souls, the discipline of the noblest virtues, and the guaranty of acquisitions the most…
— Elias Lyman Magoon
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The majority prove their worth by keeping busy. A busy life is the nearest thing to a purposeful life.
— Eric Hoffer
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Friends, much as in real life, are often more trouble than their worth.
— Unknown Author
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Only true champions come out and show their worth after defeat- and I expect us to do that.
— Alex Ferguson
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