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William Stanley Jevons Quotes: One of the first and most difficult steps in a science is to conceive clearly the nature of the magnitudes about which we are arguing.
         

One of the first and most difficult steps in a science is to conceive clearly the nature of the magnitudes about which we are arguing.


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As a general rule, it is foolish to do just what other people are doing, because there are almost sure to be too many people doing the same thing.



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The theory which follows is entirely based on a calculus of pleasure and pain; and the object of economics is to maximize happiness by purchasing pleasure, as it were, at the lowest cost of pain.



but, in reality, there is no such thing as an exact science.

but, in reality, there is no such thing as an exact science.



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A correct theory is the first step towards improvement, by showing what we need and what we might accomplish.





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