Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESWhen my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir?
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How long will it be necessary to pay City men so entirely out of proportion to what other servants of society commonly receive for performing social services not less useful or difficult?
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When I find new information I change my mind; What do you do?
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There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency.
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Obstinacy can bring only a penalty and no reward.
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The duty of “saving” became nine-tenths of virtue and the growth of the cake the object of true religion.
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Men will not always die quietly.
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I am myself impressed by the great social advantages of increasing the stock of capital until it ceases to be scarce.
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The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones.
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The introduction of a substantial Government transfer tax on all transactions might prove the most serviceable reform available,with a view to mitigating the predominance of speculation in the United States.
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Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.
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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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The love of money as a possession. Will be recognised for what it is, a somewhat disgusting morbidity.
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When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir?
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The markets are moved by animal spirits, and not by reason.
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It is a good thing to make mistakes so long as you’re found out quickly.
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