Quote by Adam Smith
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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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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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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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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My sense of humor is a turkey, and I pull it out of the oven and baste it in reality. – Tracy Morgan

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Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is. – Francis Bacon

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Ive got a great sense of humor. – Anthony Hopkins

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I think I have always had a little humor. – Marilyn Monroe

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