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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Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain and the greater the number of your tickets the nearer your approach to this certainty. – 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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