Like Odysseus, Keynes was a successful, not a tragic, hero. He heard the beautiful singing of the Sirens, but took precautions against being shipwrecked, keeping to the course for which his talents and the state of the world predestined him. Artfully, he strove for the best of all worlds, in his life and his work, and miraculously, came close to achieving it.

— Robert Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky John Maynard Keynes: 1883-1946: Economist, Philosopher, Statesman (2003)

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