"A careful observation of Nature will disclose pleasantries of superb irony. She has for instance placed toads close to flowers."

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I write with two things in mind. I want to be right with my fellow economists. After all, I've made my life as a professional economist, so I'm careful that my economics is as it should be. But I have long felt that there's no economic proposition that can't be stated in clear, accessible language. So I try to be right with my fellow economists, but I try to have an audience of any interested, intelligent person.

— John Kenneth Galbraith