ECONOMICS IS HAUNTED by more fallacies than any other study known to man. This is no accident. The inherent difficulties of the subject would be great enough in any case, but they are multiplied a thousandfold by a factor that is insignificant in, sa...
When Alexander the Great visited the philosopher Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for him, Diogenes is said to have replied: ‘Yes, stand a little less between me and the sun.’ It is what every citizen is entitled to ask of his gove...
It was frankly sort of confusing, the way everyone stared at our bodies exactly as they tried to erase the ideas of our bodies from our minds. We were supposed to get over ourselves but no one was supposed to get over us. The female body was our wors...
Cruelty is the surest sign of stupidity.
The surest thing about me is that I will change my mind.
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
The surest sign of age is loneliness.
If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.
Well-arranged time is the surest mark of a well-arranged mind.
The surest cure for vanity is loneliness.
There are men regarded today as brilliant economists, who deprecate saving and recommend squandering on a national scale as the way of economic salvation; and when anyone points to what the consequences of these policies will be in the long run, they...
Everything we get, outside of the free gifts of nature, must in some way be paid for. The world is full of so- called economists who in turn are full of schemes for getting something for nothing. They tell us that the government can spend and spend w...
The surest test of discipline is its absence.
Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.
A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.
All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.
Ignoring a child's disrespect is the surest guarantee that it will continue.
The sciences have ever been the surest guides to virtue.
Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift.
Writing to impress others is the surest path to pretentious mediocrity.
All really great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.
