"Above, far above the prejudices and passions of……" — Vilfredo Pareto
"Above, far above the prejudices and passions of men soar the laws of nature. Eternal and immutable, they are the expression of the creative power they represent what is, what must be, what otherwise could not be. Man can come to understand the: he is incapable of changing them."
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17 Quotes by Vilfredo Pareto
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Human behaviour reveals uniformities which constitute natural laws. If these uniformities did not exist, then there would be neither social…
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The party that called itself liberal aimed at respecting the liberty to dispose of one's own goods
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The liberals who demanded equality of taxation on behalf of the poor, for instance, did not imagine that they would…
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In any series of elements to be controlled, a selected small fraction, in terms of numbers of elements, always accounts…
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When it is useful to them, men can believe a theory of which they know nothing more than its name.
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Men follow their sentiments and their self-interest, but it pleases them to imagine that they follow reason. And so they…
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Increase in the wealth per capita fosters democracy; but the latter, at least according to what we have been able…
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It is a know fact that almost all revolutions have been the work, not of the common people, but of…
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The diverse natures of men, combined with the necessity to satisfy in some manner the sentiment which desires them to…
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For a very long time, and among a large number of peoples, political power has belonged to the owners of…
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Assume that the new elite were clearly and simply to proclaim its intentions which are to supplant the old elite;…
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My wish is to construct a system of sociology on the model of celestial mechanics, physics, and chemistry.
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More Changing Quotes
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I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less…
— Paul Auster
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Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Changing your mind is probably one of the most beautiful things people can do. And I've changed my mind about…
— Paul Auster
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A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can…
— Ibrahim Babangida
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Pearl Harbor caused our Nation to wholeheartedly commit to winning World War II, changing the course of our Nation's history…
— Joe Baca
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The question of sexual dominance can exist only in the nightmare of that soul which has armed itself, totally, against…
— James A. Baldwin
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When you are through changing, you are through.
— Bruce Barton
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Modernity is the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, which make up one half of art, the other being the eternal…
— Charles Baudelaire
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The science of life is changing hearts and minds.
— Gary Bauer
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I've realized that I'm more important than food is. I love a big slice of pizza, but I love myself…
— Valerie Bertinelli
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I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.
— Samuel Beckett
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The biggest obstacle to professional writing is the necessity for changing a typewriter ribbon.
— Robert Benchley
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