James Joseph Sylvester Quote

It is difficult to estimate the lengths to which human self-delusion can be carried.


The Collected Mathematical Papers of James Joseph Sylvester, (Volume 3), A Lady's Fan on Parallel Motion, and on an Orthogonal Web of Jointed, Rods (p. 82)


It is difficult to estimate the lengths to which human self-delusion can be carried.

It is difficult to estimate the lengths to which human self-delusion can be carried.

It is difficult to estimate the lengths to which human self-delusion can be carried.

It is difficult to estimate the lengths to which human self-delusion can be carried.