As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.

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Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse.

Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse.

I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the...

I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the...

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that...

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that...

All money is a matter of belief.

All money is a matter of belief.

The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations.

The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations.

This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by the facts.

This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by the facts.

Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the...

Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the...

On the road from the City of Skepticism, I had to pass through the Valley...

On the road from the City of Skepticism, I had to pass through the Valley...

No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of...

No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of...

This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by the facts.

This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by the facts.

Defense is superior to opulence.

Defense is superior to opulence.

No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of...

No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of...

The theory that can absorb the greatest number of facts, and persist in doing so,...

The theory that can absorb the greatest number of facts, and persist in doing so,...

Labor was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things.

Labor was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things.

No complaint... is more common than that of a scarcity of money.

No complaint... is more common than that of a scarcity of money.

With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the...

With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the...

Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog...

Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog...

The cow is nothing but a machine which makes grass fit for us people to...

The cow is nothing but a machine which makes grass fit for us people to...

Give to a pig when it grunts and a child when it cries , and...

Give to a pig when it grunts and a child when it cries , and...

Look what the cat dragged in

Look what the cat dragged in

It is indeed an odd business that it has taken this Court nearly two centuries...

It is indeed an odd business that it has taken this Court nearly two centuries...