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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Labour was the first price, the original purchase – money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased. – 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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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead. – Bertrand Russell

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Cruelty is softened by fear, not pity. – Mason Cooley

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God will never direct us to be prideful, arrogant and unforgiving, immoral or slothful or full of fear. We step into these things because we are insensitive to the leadership of the Holy Spirit within us. – Charles Stanley

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Having a child, thats always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child. – Marilyn Monroe

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Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas. – Laurence Sterne

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At first I was queasy Ill never forget the sound of the scalpel cutting a body open. But it was so cool trying to work out how these people died. – Jonathan Davis

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