“We may fill our purses, but we pay a heavy price for it in the loss of picturesqueness and beauty.”
James Nasmyth (1808–1890) Scottish mechanical engineer and inventor
Source: James Nasmyth engineer, 1883, p. 153 (in 2010 edition)
“Long toil and short leisure are part of the heavy price we pay for our North American standard of living. It is reputed to be the highest in the world, and so it should be, for it is bought at an inordinate price.”
A Voice from the Attic (1960)
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