“There is no Intrinsick Worth in Money but what is alterable with the Times, and whether a Guinea goes for Twenty Pounds or for a Shilling, it is … the Labour of the Poor, and not the high and low value that is set on Gold or Silver, which all the Comforts of Life must arise from.”

— Bernard Mandeville, book The Fable of the Bees

"An Essay on Charity, and Charity-Schools", p. 345
The Fable of the Bees (1714)

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