"Every man lives by exchanging."

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Source : Adam Smith (2016). “The Wealth of Nations: the Great Master”, p.31, VM eBooks

Adam Smith

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“You hate me because I am the embodiment of all your doubts.”
“In high school, I discovered myself. I was interested in race relations and the legal profession. I read about Lincoln and that he believed the law to be the most difficult of professions.”
“Direct experience is the evasion, or hiding place of those devoid of imagination.”
“Recovery culture teaches you that you have to repent. I don't think that's necessary.”
“Maybe thatâ€™s why Iâ€™ve made it as far as I have â€“ 2,521 miles. If I ran to a doctor every time I got a little cyst or abrasion Iâ€™d still be in Nova Scotia. Or else Iâ€™d never have started. Iâ€™ve seen people in so much pain. The little bit of pain Iâ€™m going through is nothing. They canâ€™t shut it off, and I canâ€™t shut down every time I feel a little sore.”
“System uptime, data protection, and identity theft are weighty issues. It takes real ingenuity to out-think the fraudsters who are trying to steal identities and hack into enterprise systems. The 12 smart companies that debuted security solutions today at DEMO have designed serious, and seriously clever, innovations.”
“It was bad enough to have toppled from the Olympic heights to make my living competing with animals. But the competition wasn't even fair. No man could beat a race horse, not even for 100 yards.”
“Language is a machine for making falsehoods.”

Source : Iris Murdoch (1977). “Under the Net”, p.51, Penguin

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