The
things which have the greatest value in use have frequently little or
no value in exchange; on the contrary, those which have the greatest
value in exchange have frequently little or no value in use. Nothing is
more useful than water: but it will purchase scarcely anything; scarcely
anything can be had in exchange for it. A diamond, on the contrary, has
scarcely any use-value; but a very great quantity of other goods may
frequently be had in exchange for it.
– Adam Smith
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