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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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No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable. – 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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Labor was the first price, the original purchase – money that was paid for all things. – Adam Smith

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To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the piano. – James Whistler

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Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. – Hal Borland

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Life has loveliness to sell, all beautiful and splendid things, blue waves whitened on a cliff, soaring fire that sways and sings, and childrens faces looking up, holding wonder like a cup. – Sara Teasdale

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You have not found your place until all your faculties are roused, and your whole nature consents and approves of the work you are doing. – Orison Swett Marden

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America is the best half-educated country in the world. – Nicholas Murray Butler

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My life has been a continuous fulfillment of dreams. It appears that everything I saw and did has a new, and perhaps, more significant meaning, every time I see it. The earth is good. It is a privilege to live thereon. – Liberty Hyde Bailey

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Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense. – Buddha

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