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Obstinacy can bring only a penalty and no reward.

John Maynard Keynes

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Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.
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Convention Failure Teaching Wisdom World
The destruction of the inducement to invest by an excessive liquidity-preference was the outstanding evil, the prime impediment to the growth of wealth, in the ancient and medieval worlds.
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Destruction Growth Investment Liquid World
The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones.
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Deep Difficult Effort Escape Ideas Inspirational Lying Old
The Economic Problem, the problem of want and poverty and the economic struggle between classes and nations, is nothing but a frightful muddle, a transitory and unnecessary muddle.
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Economics Nation Necessary Poverty Problem Struggle
We will not have any more crashes in our time.
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Crash Ourselves Time
If we consistently act on the optimistic hypothesis, this hypothesis will tend to be realised; whilst by acting on the pessimistic hypothesis we can keep ourselves for ever in the pit of want.
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Act Consistent Optimism Realize
To our generation Einstein has been made to become a double symbol – a symbol of the mind travelling in the cold regions of space, and a symbol of the brave and generous outcast, pure in heart and cheerful of spirit.
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Brave Cheerful Generation Heart Mindset Symbol Traveling
When the facts change, I change my mind.
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Change Fact Inspirational Mindset Myself Open
The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future.
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Envelope Future Ignorance Object Ourselves Skills Social
I conceive, therefore, that a somewhat comprehensive socialisation of investment will prove the means of securing an approximation to full employment.
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Employment Evidence Investment Myself Social
When somebody persuades me I am wrong, I change my mind.
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Change Mindset Myself Persuade Wrong
Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men, for the nastiest of reasons, will somehow work for the benefit of us all.
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To suggest social action for the public good to the city London is like discussing The Origin of Species to a Bishop sixty years ago.
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Action Discussion Origin Public Social
Nothing mattered except states of mind, chiefly our own.
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Chief Exception Ourselves State
It is better that a man should tyrannize over his bank balance than over his fellow-citizens.
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Balance Bank Better Citizenship Man
If you owe your bank a hundred pounds, you have a problem. But if you owe a million, it has.
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Bank Problem Wealth Yourself

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