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“Those who get their living by their daily labor . . . have nothing to stir them up to be serviceable but their wants which it is a prudence to relieve, but folly to cure.”

Book:The Fable of the Bees

Work

The Fable of the Bees

Written by Bernard Mandeville, this seminal work delves into the complexities of human behavior, economic systems, and social order by using the allegory of bees and their hive. The book examines the role of self-interest in the functioning of society and the economy, offering a critical perspective on the moral and ethical implications of individual actions within a collective framework. more

Author

Bernard de Mandeville

Bernard de Mandeville was a 17th-century English philosopher known for his contributions to moral philosophy and political economy. He is best known for his work 'The Fable of the Bees', which explores the nature of human behavior and society. more

“It is hereby earnestly proposed that the USA would be much better off if that big, sprawling, incoherent, shapeless, slobbering civic idiot in the family of American communities, the City of Los Angeles, could be declared incompetent and placed in charge of a guardian like any individual mental defective.”

Ifs Bigs Would Be Individual Community Cities Idiot Usa Los Angeles Better Off Guardian Civics Incompetent Defective

Author:Westbrook Pegler

“Tolerance to my mind has been greatly overrated . . . . I take as much pleasure in detesting the good brothers and sisters of the [Anti-Saloon] League as they have in hating me.”

Mind Has Beens Hate Pleasure Brother Tolerance League Brothers And Sisters Overrated Saloons

Author:Westbrook Pegler

“A remembrance can mean nothing to the one remembered; it can only remind the ones left behind how little they did while you were still alive.”

Mean Littles Stills Left Behinds Alive Remembered Remembrance Left Behind

Book:Confessions of a Pretty Lady

Source: Confessions of a Pretty Lady

“We may produce at will, from a sending station. an electrical effect in any particular region of the globe; we may determine the relative position or course of a moving object, such as a vessel at sea, the distance traversed by the same, or its speed.”