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“Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made, To turn a penny in the way of trade.”

Way Made Lying Turns Names Money Trade Stamps Pennies

Author:William Cowper

“'Tis sweet to know that stocks will stand When we with Daisies lie- That Commerce will continue- And Trades as briskly fly.”

Knows Lying Sweet Trade Commerce Daisies

Book:Emily Dickinson’s Poems: As She Preserved Them

Source: Emily Dickinson’s Poems: As She Preserved Them

“People want to buy cheap and sell dear; this by itself makes them countertrend. But the notion of cheapness or dearness must be anchored to something. People tend to view the prices they’re used to as normal and prices removed from these levels as aberrant. This perpective leads people to trade counter to an emerging trend on the assumption that prices will eventually return to “normal”. Therein lies the path to disaster.”

People Want Used Lying Levels Views Path Return Normal Trade Sells Notion Dear Disaster Assumption Trends Emerging Cheapness

Author:William Eckhardt

“We shall not read it for its sociological insights, which are non-existent, nor as science fiction, because it has a general air of implausibility; but there is one high poetic fancy in the New Atlantis that stays in the mind after all its fancies and inventions have been forgotten. In the New Atlantis, an island kingdom lying in very distant seas, the only commodity of external trade is light: Bacon's own special light, the light of understanding.”

Mind Has Beens Light Lying Understanding Fiction Air Sea Special Trade Science Fiction Forgotten Insight Invention Kingdoms Islands Fancy Poetic Commodity Atlantis Sociological

Author:Peter Medawar