#trains

The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence. ↗

— Adam Smith

#customers #discipline #effectual #employment #exercised

I’m nearsighted in one eye and farsighted in another. Instead of railroad tracks converging in the distance, the workers got lazy halfway there and switched from building one side of the track to the other. So when my brother was standing in front of an oncoming train, I told him not to be worried – the tracks are still under construction. I just never expected the train to have hovering technology. ↗

— Benson Bruno

#humor #trains #vision #funny

He offered her power, money, status... a giant prison, all in exchange for only...her soul. ↗

— Coco J. Ginger

#love #lovers #money #power #prison

All of my life, trains had been coming and going, interrupting Ever’s daily life with their loud disregard. ↗

— Matthew Aaron Goodman

#love

Besides the physical strains I realized men can be pigs to women even when it's a man dressed as one. ↗

— Michael Rosenbaum

#dressed #even #i #man #men

No education can be of true advantage to young women but that which trains them up in humble industry, in great plainness of living, in exact modesty of dress. ↗

— William Law

#dress #education #exact #great #humble