"By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher ... and that is a good thing for any man."
- Socrates
"It is, therefore, a just political maxim that every man must be supposed a knave ..."
- David Hume
"In ease of body and peace of mind, all the different ranks of life are nearly upon a level, and the beggar, who suns himself by the side of the highway, possesses that security which kings are fighting for."
- Adam Smith
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