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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 human nature. – Adam Smith

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Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things. – Adam Smith

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Peace
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Labor was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labor, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased. – Adam Smith

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Labor Day
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Adam Smith
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The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence. – Adam Smith

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Fear
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Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common. – Denis Diderot

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Limited in his nature, infinite in his desire, man is a fallen god who remembers heaven. – Alphonse de Lamartine

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Nature

Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature. – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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Nature

This is the foundation of all. We are not to imagine or suppose, but to discover, what nature does or may be made to do. – Francis Bacon

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Nature

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In our relationship, we dont have that situation. I dont require what he needs, and he doesnt require what I need. I know what I do I have an amazing life that nobody knows about. – John Oates

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Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment. – Morihei Ueshiba

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I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and new. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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And lets be clear: Its not enough just to limit ads for foods that arent healthy. Its also going to be critical to increase marketing for foods that are healthy. – Michelle Obama

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