Absolute advantage. This is the simplest yardstick of economic performance. If one person, firm or country can produce more of something with the same amount of effort and resources, they have an absolute advantage over other producers. Being the best at something does not mean that doing that thing is the best way to use your scarce economic resources.
If thou must love me, let it be for nought.... by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) If thou must love me, let it be for nought. Except for love's sake only. Do not say. 'I love her for her smile---her look---her way. Of speaking gently,---for a trick of thought. That falls in well with mine, and certes brought. A sense of pleasant ease on such a day'---. For these things in themselves, BelovÃ¨d, may.
When my love swears that she is made of truth,/. I do believe her, though I know she lies,/ That she might think me some untutored youth /. Lines 1 and 2 of Shakespeareâs Sonnet 138 present a paradox where the obsessed lover is blind to what he can clearly see.