John Maynard
John Maynard
trying shapes position
I am trying to re-shape and improve my central position.
men order world
The numeric system was invented to help man to put order in the chaos of the world.
hands order
Perhaps it is historically true that no order of society ever perishes save by its own hand.
powerful jealous office
The division of the spoils between the victors will also provide employment for a powerful office, whose doorsteps the greedy adventurers and jealous concession hunters of twenty or thirty nations will crowd and defile.
gratitude grateful needs
The power to become habituated to his surroundings and therefore to no longer be grateful for what is good in it is a marked characteristic of mankind and needs to be fought against if a person is to be happy.
eugenics leader mind
Galton's eccentric, sceptical, observing, flashing, cavalry-leader type of mind led him eventually to become the founder of the most important, significant and, I would add, genuine branch of sociology which exists, namely eugenics.
economics dangerous
Economics is a very dangerous science.
love-is glory neighbor
The glory of the nation you love is a desirable end, — but generally to be obtained at your neighbor's expense.
characteristics surroundings mankind
The power to become habituated to his surroundings is a marked characteristic of mankind.
casinos financial should
It is generally agreed that casinos should, in the public interest, be inaccessible and expensive. And perhaps the same is true of Stock Exchanges.
business temptation might
If human nature felt no temptation to take a chance there might not be much investment merely as a result of cold calculation.
wise morbidity possession
The love of money as a possession...will be recognised for what it is, a somewhat disgusting morbidity.
men august history
What an extraordinary episode in the economic progress of man was that age which came to an end in August 1914.
provision made shows
Experience shows that what happens is always the thing against which one has not made provision in advance.