Not everyone was convinced by the rise in the South Sea share price. . . . Sir Isaac Newton, the Master of the Mint, began selling his £7,000 holding of South Sea shares (when asked about the direction of the market, he is reported to have replied, "I can calculate the motions of the heavenly bodies, but not the madness of the people").
-Edward Chancellor, Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation
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