

“Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking of it.”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow

“The interest of [businessmen] is always in some respects different from, and even opposite to, that of the public ... The proposal of any new law or regulation of commerce which comes from this order ... ought never to be adopted, till after having been long and carefully examined ... with the most suspicious attention. It comes from an order of men ... who have generally an interest to deceive and even oppress the public”
― An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. Volume 1 of 2
― An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. Volume 1 of 2

“I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
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