Quote by Adam Smith
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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Labor was the first price, the original purchase – money that was paid for all things. – 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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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 breaks through the eyes of the cat. – Proverb

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The structure of life I have described in buildings – the structure which I believe to be objective – is deeply and inextricably connected with the human person, and with the innermost nature of human feeling. – Christopher Alexander

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I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature. – John D. Rockefeller

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As a profession advertising is young; as a force it is as old as the world. The first four words ever uttered, Let there be light, constitute its charter. All nature is vibrant with its impulse. – Bruce Barton

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While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. – Leonardo Da Vinci

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He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity. – Cesare Pavese

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No matter how hard you pursue pleasure and success, there are times when you fail. No matter how fast you flee, there are times when pain catches up with you. – Bhante Henepola Gunaratana

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Humor must not professedly teach and it must not professedly preach, but it must do both if it would live forever. – Mark Twain

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