“When misguided public opinion honors what is despicable and despises what is honorable, punishes virtue and rewards vice, encourages what is harmful and discourages what is useful, applauds falsehood and smothers truth under indifference or insult, a nation turns it's back on progress and can be restored only by the terrible lessons of catastrophe.”
Quote by Frédéric Bastiat
Book:Economic Harmonies
Work
Economic Harmonies
Browse quotes and source details for this work. more
Author
You May Also Like
“But I tended not to date men who ever showed up for me.”
Source: Loved
“You can never please everybody, don't even try.”
Source: Winning Formulas
Source: And That’s Why I’m Single
Source: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“Conflict of interest. I wanted to date somebody who was less screwed up than me, and she wasn't.”
Source: Just Dial 911 for Assistance
Source: Illusion of Luck
“We are all somewhere else, during.”
Source: Girls in Trucks
Source: Alice Brown's Lessons in the Curious Art of Dating