Only stilted pedants can conceive the idea that there are absolute nor…

Ludwig von Mises
281 citations
Only stilted pedants can conceive the idea that there are absolute norms to tell what is beautiful and what is not. They try to derive from the works of the past a code of rules with which, as they fancy, the writers and artists of the future should comply. But the genius does not cooperate with the pundit. ✨ Ludwig von Mises (1985). Theory and History, p.63, Ludwig von Mises Institute
Hope Thought Time
15

More Author Quotes

What counts alone is the innovator, the dissenter, the harbinger of things unheard of, the man who rejects the traditional standards and aims at substituting new values and ideas for old ones. ✨ Ludw … ▶
No people and no part of a people shall be held against its will in a political association that it does not want.
What those people who ask for equality have in mind is always an increase in their own power to consume. ✨ Ludwig von Mises (2016). Human Action, p.1042, Lulu Press, Inc
Socialism in Russia has not brought about an improvement in the conditions of the average man which can be compared with the improvement of conditions, during the same period, in the United States. ✨ … ▶
Rulers do not like to admit that their power is restricted by any laws other than those of physics and biology. They never ascribe their failures and frustrations to the violation of economic law.

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes