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Adam Ferguson1 quote
Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design. — Adam Ferguson · 1767Don DeLillo1 quote
Longing on a large scale is what makes history. — Don DeLillo · 1997Samuel Butler (novelist)1 quote
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. — Samuel Butler (novelist) · 1902William Ralph Inge1 quote
The effect of boredom on a large scale in history is underestimated. It is a main cause of revolutions, and would soon bring to an end all the static Utopias and the farmyard civilization of the Fabians. — William Ralph Inge · 1948