Quote by Thomas Jefferson
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not co

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains. – Thomas Jefferson

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Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor. – Thomas Jefferson

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Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning. – Thomas Jefferson

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The greatest meliorator of the world is selfish, huckstering Trade. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

This instinctive repulsion which tradespeople inspire in men of sensitive feeling is one of the very rare consolations for being so impoverished which are given to those of us who dont sell anything to anybody. – Louis-Ferdinand Celine

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This miserable state is borne by the wretched souls of those who lived without disgrace and without praise. – Dante Alighieri

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