"Men follow their sentiments and their self-interest, but……" — Vilfredo Pareto
"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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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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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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Theories of "natural law" and the "law of nations" are another excellent example of discussions destitute of all exactness. [...]…
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