Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith in his Wealth of Nations (1776): To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. It
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“You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can't control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone.”
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― Meditations
“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.”
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“Dude, suckin’ at something is the first step to being sorta good at something.”
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“To live life, you need problems. If you get what you want the minute you want it, then what's the point of living?”
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“A person's worth is measured by the worth of what he values.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
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