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.
Let love be without dissimulation, abhorring that which is evil, causing you to come unto that which is good; King James 2000 Bible. Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.