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The trade of banks is the buying and selling of interest and exchange.


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For every Seaman of Industry and Ingenuity, is not only a Navigator, but a Merchant, and also a Soldier.

For every Seaman of Industry and Ingenuity, is not only a Navigator, but a Merchant, and also a Soldier.



Money is the best rule of commerce.

Money is the best rule of commerce.



Causes of Civil War are also, that the Wealth of the Nation is in too few mens hands, and that no certain means are provided to keep all men from a necessity either to beg, or steal, or be Souldiers.

Causes of Civil War are also, that the Wealth of the Nation is in too few mens hands, and that no certain means are provided to keep all men from a necessity either to beg, or steal, or be Souldiers.



A thousand acres that can feed a thousand souls is better than ten thousand acres of no more effect.

A thousand acres that can feed a thousand souls is better than ten thousand acres of no more effect.



An house is of a double nature, viz., one, wherein it is a way and means of expence, the other as it is an instrument and tool of gain.

An house is of a double nature, viz., one, wherein it is a way and means of expence, the other as it is an instrument and tool of gain.



Wherefore the race being not to the swift, etc. but time and chance happening to all men, I leave the Judgement of the whole to the Candid, of whose correction I shall never be impatient.

Wherefore the race being not to the swift, etc. but time and chance happening to all men, I leave the Judgement of the whole to the Candid, of whose correction I shall never be impatient.



That some are poorer than others, ever was and ever will be: And that many are naturally querulous and envious, is an Evil as old as the World.

That some are poorer than others, ever was and ever will be: And that many are naturally querulous and envious, is an Evil as old as the World.



No man pays double or twice for the same thing, forasmuch as nothing can be spent but once.

No man pays double or twice for the same thing, forasmuch as nothing can be spent but once.



Raising of money may indeed change the species, but with so much loss as the foreign pieces were raised unto, above their intrinsick value.

Raising of money may indeed change the species, but with so much loss as the foreign pieces were raised unto, above their intrinsick value.



I hope no man takes what I said about the living and dieing of men for mathematical demonstration.

I hope no man takes what I said about the living and dieing of men for mathematical demonstration.





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My coach was a great politician, so he did most of the work. He was good.



'Safety', the wife of Pablo said. 'There is no such thing as safety. There are so many seeking safety here now that they make a great danger. In seeking safety now you lose all.'

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I've always loved improvising. That's how I write songs. Creativity has an improvised element to it.



No need to be sentimental to mourn the loss of Paradise.

No need to be sentimental to mourn the loss of Paradise.



Our chief comforts often produce our greatest anxieties, and the increase in our possessions is but an inlet to new disquietudes.

Our chief comforts often produce our greatest anxieties, and the increase in our possessions is but an inlet to new disquietudes.



There were no international terrorists in Iraq until we went in. It was we who gave the perfect conditions in which Al Qaeda could thrive.

There were no international terrorists in Iraq until we went in. It was we who gave the perfect conditions in which Al Qaeda could thrive.



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I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.




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