Glossary of Inspirational Quotes that Rekindle the Soul
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| Quote:To wage a war for a purely moral reason is as absurd as to ravish a woman for a purely moral reason.[Henry Mencken] Quote:A gardener who cultivates his own garden with his own hands, united in his own person the three different characters, of landlord, farmer, and labourer. His produce, therefore, should pay him the rent of the first, the profit of the second, and the wages of the third.[Adam Smith] Definitions of: wageDefinition: To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar.Definition: To expose one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard. Definition: To engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or pledge; to carry on, as a war. Definition: To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out. Definition: To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to. Definition: To give security for the performance of. Definition: That which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage. Definition: That for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation; -- at present generally used in the plural. See Wages. |
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