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“Labour . . . is the real measure of the exchangeable value of all commodities.” Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
“What is most truly valuable is often underrated.” Aesop, Aesop's Fables
“Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.” Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
“The value of all things contracted for, is measured by the Appetite of the Contractors: and therefore the just value, is that which they be contented to give.” Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
“In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.” Albert Einstein, The world as I see it
“Graham held that price is what you pay and value is what you get.” Warren Buffett, The Essays of Warren Buffett
“a sentimentalist . . . is a man who sees an absurd value in everything, and doesn't know the market price of any single thing.” Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan
“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not need to create). It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves
“Given the final futility of our struggle, is the fleeting jolt of meaning that art gives us valuable? Or is the only value in passing the time as comfortably as possible?” John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
“any pleasure that does no harm to other people is to be valued.” Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness
“The art of our necessities is strange, that can make vile things precious.” William Shakespeare, King Lear
“Yes, the money-changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilisation. We may now restore that temple to the ancient truths. The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than...” Franklin D. Roosevelt, Looking Forward
“He had brought no possessions with him; he would take none away. There were none to have—everything of value was in the school computer or his own head and hands.” Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
“What, is the jay more precious than the lark because his feathers are more beautiful? Or is the adder better than the eel because his painted skin contents the eye?” William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew
“If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some; for, he that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.” Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
“In short, I conceive that great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by the false estimates they have made of the value of things, and by their giving too much for their whistles.” Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
“Thus all of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value.” Carl Sagan, Cosmos
“A blade of grass is a commonplace on Earth; it would be a miracle on Mars. Our descendants on Mars will know the value of a patch of green. And if a blade of grass is priceless, what is the value of a human being?” Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot
“We value virtue but do not discuss it. The honest bookkeeper, the faithful wife, the earnest scholar get little of our attention compared to the embezzler, the tramp, the cheat.” John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley
“Independence is the only gauge of human virtue and value. What a man is and makes of himself; not what he has or hasn't done for others. There is no substitute for personal dignity. There is no standard of personal dignity except independence.” Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
“And yet nothing truly valuable can be achieved except by the unselfish co-operation of many individuals.” Albert Einstein, The world as I see it
“I realized that I had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss.” Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“he who refuses to rule is liable to be ruled by one who is worse than himself.” Plato, The Republic
“The greatest victory in life is to rise above the material things that we once valued most.” Muhammad Ali, The Soul of a Butterfly
“he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him And makes me poor indeed.” William Shakespeare, Othello
“We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.” J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“everything is dear if you don't want it.” James Joyce, Ulysses
“life is the cheapest thing in the world. There is only so much water, so much earth, so much air; but the life that is demanding to be born is limitless. Nature is a spendthrift.” Jack London, The Sea-Wolf
“The work is good, up to a degree which the social philosophies are able to recognize; beyond that degree it is doubtful and mixed; lower down, it becomes terrible.” Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“It made me aware that hard-won things are more valuable than those that come too easily.” Richard Branson, Screw It, Let's Do It
“It's not that I don't believe in contemporary literature . . . but I don't want to waste valuable time reading any book that has not had the baptism of time. Life is too short.” Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

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