William Playfair Quote

Such is the disposition of men, that we value what is speculative and precarious, more than what is safe and beneficial.


Observations on the Trade to Flanders, Chart IX, page 40. - The Commercial and Political Atlas, 3rd Edition


Such is the disposition of men, that we value what is speculative and precarious, more than what is safe and beneficial.

Such is the disposition of men, that we value what is speculative and precarious, more than what is safe and beneficial.

Such is the disposition of men, that we value what is speculative and precarious, more than what is safe and beneficial.

Such is the disposition of men, that we value what is speculative and precarious, more than what is safe and beneficial.