"But if inventions have increased man's power over nature very much, then the real value of money is better measured for some purposes in labour than in commodities."

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Source : Alfred Marshall (2010). “Principles of Economics”, p.62, Cosimo, Inc.

Alfred Marshall

#Real Quotes #Men Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“Never speak ill of yourself, your friends will always say enough on that subject.”
“No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.”
“A woman's mind is as complex as the contents of her handbag; even when you get to the bottom of it, there is ALWAYS something at the bottom to surprise you!”
“Travel is something that I like to do because it gives you lots of images, and it also really makes you think about your own place in the world in a very different way.”
“The Spirit is like the steady axis of a wheel. If our attention reaches the immovable firm axis at the very centre of the wheel of our existence (which is constantly moving), we become enlightened by the Spirit, the source of inner peace, and reach a state of complete calm and self-knowledge.”
“A lot of people in this country are obese because of a form of malnutrition. One thing I'd like to do is to help people understand the correlation between a steady diet of empty calories - though you may not experience hunger pangs, you can't really function well if all you're eating are things like ramen noodles, or chips, cookies, and sodas, things that are quite typically inexpensive and affordable because of the way we subsidize the ingredients that go into them.”
“In its attempt to crush the Black Panthers, the FBI engineered frequent arrests on the flimsiest of pretexts.”
“Sid Vicious began the age of participation in which everyone could be the artist. Sid proved that you don't have to play well to be the star. You can play badly, or not even at all. I endorsed that attitude. If you can't write songs, no problem - simply steal one and change it to your taste.”

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