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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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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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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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Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house. – John Cheever

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The thing we fear we bring to pass. – Elbert Hubbard

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Fear only two: God, and the man who has no fear of God. – Proverb

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People are only mean when theyre threatened, and thats what our culture does. Thats what our economy does. – Mitch Albom

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