A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind.
In the long run we are all dead.
I know of only three people who really understand money. A professor at another university. One of my students. And a rather junior clerk at the Bank of England.
Like Odysseus, the President looked wiser when he was seated.
It is a good thing to make mistakes so long as you're found out quickly.
Too large a proportion of recent "mathematical" economics are mere concoctions, as imprecise as the initial assumptions they rest on, which allow the author to lose sight of the complexities and interdependencies of the real world in a maze of pretentious and unhelpful symbols.