The real price of every thing, what every thing really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.
Adam SmithSource: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, book 1 (1776)
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The real price of every thing, what every thing really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.
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