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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No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable. – Adam Smith

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A mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the grand recipe, for felicity. – Thomas Jefferson

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God sells us all things at the price of labor. – Leonardo da Vinci

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The end of labor is to gain leisure. – Aristotle

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If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend. – Doug Larson

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