Quote by David Ricardo
After all the fertile land in the immediate neighbourhood of the f

After all the fertile land in the immediate neighbourhood of the first settlers were cultivated, if capital and population increased, more food would be required, and it could only be procured from land not so advantageously situated. – David Ricardo

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The facility of obtaining food is beneficial in two ways to the owners of capital, it at the same time raises profits and increases the amount of consumable commodities. – David Ricardo

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Gold and silver, like other commodities, have an intrinsic value, which is not arbitrary, but is dependent on their scarcity, the quantity of labour bestowed in procuring them, and the value of the capital employed in the mines which produce them. – David Ricardo

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If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it? – Steven Wright

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I always made my food congenial to my constitution, and my health was always excellent. – Giacomo Casanova

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Men do not have to cook their food they do so for symbolic reasons to show they are men and not beasts. – Edmund Leach

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Is Elizabeth Taylor fat? Her favorite food is seconds. – Joan Rivers

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