"Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist."
"Piety does not mean that a man should make a sour face about things, and refuse to enjoy in moderation what his Maker has given."
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Source: Thomas Carlyle (1866). “On the Choice of Books. The inaugural address of Thomas Carlyle, Lord Rector of the University of Edinburgh. Reprinted from “the Times,” with additional articles, a memoir of the author, etc”, p.30
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