Diego Arellano

“First, to define the passion of shame, I think it may be called a sorrowful reflection on our own unworthiness, proceeding from an apprehension that others either do, or might, if they knew all, deservedly despise us.”
― Bernard Mandeville, The Fable of the Bees; Or, Private Vices, Public Benefits: Enriched edition. Exploring Self-Interest and Societal Progress in the Enlightenment Era

“the humblest man alive must confess, that the reward of a virtuous action, which is the satisfaction that ensues upon it, consists in a certain pleasure he procures to himself by contemplating on his own worth: which pleasure, together with the occasion of it, are as certain signs of pride, as looking pale and trembling at any imminent danger, are the symptoms of fear.”
― Bernard Mandeville, The Fable of the Bees; Or, Private Vices, Public Benefits: Enriched edition. Exploring Self-Interest and Societal Progress in the Enlightenment Era

“Keynes did not teach us how to perform the “miracle . . . of turning a stone into bread,”[4] but the not at all miraculous procedure of eating the seed corn.”
― Ludwig von Mises, Planning for Freedom

“It is easy indeed to display foresight after the event. In retrospect all fools become wise.”
― Ludwig von Mises, Planning for Freedom