“For they (capitalists) hold as their chief heresy, in a coarser form, the fundamental falsehood that things are not made to be used but made to be sold. All the collapse of their commercial system in their own time has been due to that fallacy of forcing things on a market where there was no market; of continually increasing the power of supply without increasing the power of demand; of briefly, of always considering the man who sells the potato and never considering the man who eats it.” MenHas BeensMadeFormUsedHe ManDemandFundamentalsSellsDuesChiefsCapitalistCollapseFalsehoodConsumerismConsideringPotatoesHeresyFallacyOverconsumption Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“That public men publish falsehoods Is nothing new. That America must accept Like the historical republics corruption and empire Has been known for years. Be angry at the sun for setting If these things anger you.” IfsMenYearsHas BeensAmericaKnownAcceptingSunAngryHistoricalCorruptionSettingSettingsEmpiresRepublicFalsehoodPublishNothing New Book:The Collected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers: 1938-1962 Source: The Collected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers: 1938-1962
“Although the devil be the father of lies, he seems, like other great inventors, to have lost much of his reputation by the continual improvements that have been made upon him.” Has BeensMadeSeemsLyingFatherLostDevilImprovementReputationFalsehoodInventorContinual ImprovementGreat Inventors Book:Gulliver's Travels and Other Writings Source: Gulliver's Travels and Other Writings