Quote by Adam Smith
Labor was the first price, the original purchase-money that was pa

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

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The end of labor is to gain leisure. – Aristotle

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Heaven is blessed with perfect rest but the blessing of earth is toil. – Henry van Dyke

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