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    The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there is no good theory of disease which does not at once suggest a cure.

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Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.

Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.

by Karl Marx Found in: Value Quotes,
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What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Cynicism Quotes, Value Quotes,
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In an archery contest, when the stakes are earthenware tiles a contestant shoots with skill. When the stakes are belt read more

In an archery contest, when the stakes are earthenware tiles a contestant shoots with skill. When the stakes are belt buckles he becomes hesitant, and if the stakes are pure gold he becomes nervous and confused. There is no difference as to his skil.

by Chuang Tzu Found in: Value Quotes,
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What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.

by Thomas Paine Found in: Value Quotes,
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Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.

Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.

by C.s. Lewis Found in: Value Quotes,
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Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.

Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.

by Benjamin Disraeli Found in: Value Quotes,
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Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.

Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.

by Warren Buffett Found in: Value Quotes,
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I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have read more

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Value Quotes,
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Values provide perspective in the best of times and the worst

Values provide perspective in the best of times and the worst

by Charles Garfield Found in: Value Quotes,
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