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Labor was the first price, the original purchase - money that was

Labor was the first price, the original purchase – money that was paid for all things. – Adam Smith

Other quotes by Adam Smith

What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience? – Adam Smith

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Happiness
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Adam Smith
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People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices. – Adam Smith

Category:
Unions
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Adam Smith
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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 other race of animals. – Adam Smith

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finance
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Adam Smith
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Other Quotes from
Money
category

The man of the constitutional régime is not a merry-maker, quite the contrary. He is hypocritical, avaricious, and profoundly selfish; whatever question strikes against his brow, his brow rings like a drawer full of big pennies. – Claude Tillier (1801–1844), My Uncle Benjamin: A Humorous, Satirical, and

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Money

Language is like money, without which specific relative values may well exist and be felt, but cannot be reduced to a common denominator. – George Santayana

Category:
Money

You reach a point where you dont work for money. – Walt Disney

Category:
Money

One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But… I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success. – Thomas A. Edison

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Money

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I like the body. I like to design everything to do with the body. – Gianni Versace

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design

No man goes before his time – unless the boss leaves early. – Groucho Marx

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Time

Im not claiming that football is the nations salvation in this area, but its one of them, one little thing that apparently has captured the imagination of a large sector of our society. But when football cant be a relatively pure outlet, a fun thing, then it hurts itself. – Pete Rozelle

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Imagination

I refuse to be molded into some stereotypical ballplayer that has no interests, really, no life, no depth, no intelligence. – Barry Zito

Category:
Intelligence