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Charles Mackay

"There is scarcely an occurrence in nature which, happening at a certain time, is not looked upon by some persons as a prognosticator either of good or evil. The latter are in the greatest number, so much more ingenious are we in tormenting ourselves than in discovering reasons for enjoyment in the things that surround us."

Source : Charles MacKay, Peter-Eric Philipp (2000). “Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds”, p.312, Essential Library

Charles Mackay

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“Have you seen this video of these cows who have been in a dairy farm, a really shitty one, their entire lives, and they're let out into a field, and they're literally jumping with joy? It's crazy. I don't have any trouble completely becoming that cow. There's no "What is it really like to be a cow?" kind of question anymore. There's no question at that moment whether I understand you completely. I think there is, in that moment, a possible total sympathy. Total sharing.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Our native land charms us with inexpressible sweetness, and never never allows us to forget that we belong to it. [Lat., Nescio qua natale solum dulcedine captos Ducit, et immemores non sinit esse sui.]”
“You have to invest the way that's comfortable for you.”
“[on BBC's Sherlock] It's a rare challenge, both for the audience and an actor, to take part in something with this level of intelligence and wit. You have to really enjoy it. It's a form of mental and physical gymnastics.”
“Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.”
“We've got fuel prices coming down and good travel numbers coming out, so it's not surprising airline stocks are going up.”
“Life was life. It happened. You never knew what was going to come at you. Or how you could defend yourself.”
“One-man-one-vote combined with "free entry" into government-democracy--implies that every person and his personal property comes within reach of-and is up for grabs by-everyone else: a "tragedy of the commons" is created.”

Source : Hans-Hermann Hoppe (2011). “DemocracyThe God That Failed: The Economics and Politics of Monarchy, Democracy, and Natural Order”, p.96, Transaction Publishers

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