“The study of the errors into which great minds have fallen in the pursuit of truth can never be uninstructive. . . No man is so wise but that he may learn some wisdom from his past errors, either of thought or action, and no society has made such advances as to be capable of no improvement from the retrospect of its past folly and credulity.” MenMindMayMadeActionPastStudyWiseCapableErrorsImprovementPursuitFallenFollyRetrospectCredulityGreat Minds Book:Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds Source: Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds
“Much as the sage may affect to despise the opinion of the world, there are few who would not rather expose their lives a hundred times than be condemned to live on, in society, but not of it - a by-word of reproach to all who know their history, and a mark for scorn to point his finger at.” KnowsWorldMayOpinionHundredMarkFingersDespiseSageScornReproach Book:Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds Source: Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
“An arrow may fly through the air and leave no trace; but an ill thought leaves a trail like a serpent.” ThinkingMayAirWalkingIllTrailsArrowsSerpent Author:Charles Mackay
