“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 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“The history of man is the history of the continuous replacement of certain elites: as one ascends, another declines.”
— Vilfredo Pareto Primary source“Men follow their sentiments and their self-interest, but it pleases them to imagine that they follow reason. And so they look for, and always find, some theory which, a posteriori, makes their actions appear to be logical. If that theory could be demolished scientifically, the only result would be that another theory would be substituted for the first one, and for the same purpose.”
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“Let him think I am more man than I am and I will be so.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.”
— William Blake Primary source“The search for truth is more precious than its possession.”
— Albert Einstein Primary source“Who can afford to do professional work for nothing?”
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