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Poor David Hume is dying fast, but with more real cheerfulness and

Poor David Hume is dying fast, but with more real cheerfulness and good humor and with more real resignation to the necessary course of things, than any whining Christian ever dyed with pretended resignation to the will of God. – Adam Smith

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Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things. – 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

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Resentment seems to have been given us by nature for a defense, and for a defense only! It is the safeguard of justice and the security of innocence. – Adam Smith

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I suppose I look for humor in most situations because it humanizes things it makes a character much more three-dimensional if theres some kind of humor. Not necessarily laugh-out-loud type of stuff, just a sense that there is a humorous edge to things. I do like that. – Colm Meaney

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Humor is everywhere, in that theres irony in just about anything a human does. – Bill Nye

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A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way. – Allen Klein

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You know, Im Australian, and we have got the worst sense of humor. We are cruel to each other. – Steve Irwin

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