Lived in Scotland from December 4, 1795 - February 5, 1881
Here are just a few:
Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all.
No pressure, no diamonds.
A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.
And a few that are especially germaine today:
I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist.
In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government.
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