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Quote by Adam Smith
The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workma

The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence. – Adam Smith

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To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers, but extremely fit for a nation that is governed by shopkeepers. – Adam Smith

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Empire
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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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Nature
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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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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us. – Marianne Williamson

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But with the right kind of coaching and determination you can accomplish anything and the biggest accomplishment that I feel I got from the film was overcoming that fear. – Reese Witherspoon

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I fear only God, all praises to Him. – Muqtada al Sadr

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Realists do not fear the results of their study. – Fyodor Dostoevsky

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In the spirit of science, there really is no such thing as a failed experiment. Any test that yields valid data is a valid test. – Adam Savage

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The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day. – Orlando A. Battista

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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy. – Saadi

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When life throws you scraps, make a quilt. – Author Unknown

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