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

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People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices. – Adam Smith

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We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none. – Christian Nestell Bovee

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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. – William Shakespeare

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