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Resentment seems to have been given us by nature for a defense, an

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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It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. – Adam Smith

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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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Labor was the first price, the original purchase – money that was paid for all things. – Adam Smith

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They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life. – Jane Austen

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There are always flowers for those who want to see them. – Henri Matisse

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Man can never be a womans equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing in the realm of nature, whether sacred or profane, out of which profit cannot be squeezed. – Desiderius Erasmus

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