Labour, Like All Other Things

Again Two Manufacturers May Employ The Same Amount Of Fixed, And The Same Amount Of Circulating Capital; But The Durability Of Their Fixed Capitals May Be Very Unequal.

Profits Are Not Made By Differential Cleverness, But By Differential Stupidity.

Gold And Silver Are No Doubt Subject To Fluctuations, From The Discovery Of New And More Abundant Mines; But Such Discoveries Are Rare, And Their Effects, Though Powerful, Are Limited To Periods Of Comparatively Short Duration.

By Far The Greatest Part Of Those Goods Which Are The Objects Of Desire, Are Procured By Labour And They May Be Multiplied, Not In One Country Alone, But In Many, Almost Without Any Assignable Limit, If We Are Disposed To Bestow The Labour Necessary To Obtain Them.

But A Rise In The Wages Of Labour Would Not Equally Affect Commodities Produced With Machinery Quickly Consumed, And Commodities Produced With Machinery Slowly Consumed.