The ideas of economists and political philosophers， both when they are right and when they are wrong， are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men， who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence， are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.

The beauty of mathematics only shows itself to more patient followers.

【解释】脑力劳动者统治人，体力劳动者被人统治；被统治者养活别人，统治者靠别人养活，这是通行天下的原则。

海洋给予，也带走一切。