“When it is useful to them, men can believe a theory of which they know nothing more than its name.”
Vilfredo Pareto
Manual of Political Economy (Primary source)
Manuale di economia politica, revised and expanded in French as Manuel d'économie politique (1909) and known in English as the Manual of Political Economy, is among the most important works in the history of economic thought.
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”History is a graveyard of aristocracies.”
— Vilfredo Pareto Primary source“The history of man is the history of the continuous replacement of certain elites: as one ascends, another declines.”
— Vilfredo Pareto Primary source“The new elite which seeks to supersede the old one, or merely to share its power and honors, does not admit to such an intention frankly and openly.”
— Vilfredo Pareto Primary source“Assume that the new elite were clearly and simply to proclaim its intentions which are to supplant the old elite; no one would come to its assistance, it would be defeated before having fought a battle. On the contrary, it appears to be asking nothing for itself, well knowing that without asking anything in advance it will obtain what it wants as a consequence of its victory.”
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“You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.”
— William Blake Primary source“Let him think I am more man than I am and I will be so.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“The search for truth is more precious than its possession.”
— Albert Einstein Primary source“Nothing augments a battalion like success.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte Disputed