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A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.

Bernard Baruch

When beggars and shoeshine boys, barbers and beauticians can tell you how to get rich it is time to remind yourself that there is no more dangerous illusion than the belief that one can get something for nothing.
BERNARD BARUCH

Beggar Belief Boys Dangerous Illusion Shoeshine
The terror created by weaponry has never stopped men from employing them.
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Men War Weaponry
If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
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Hammers Nails Political
Most of the successful people I know mostly listen, not talk.
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Listen Most Mostly People Successful
Even when we know what is right, too often we fail to act. More often we grab greedily for the day, letting tomorrow bring what it will, putting off the unpleasant and unpopular.
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Ethics Responsibility Tomorrow
It is far more difficult… to know when to sell a stock than when to buy.
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Difficult Knows Sells
Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth.
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Approach Problem Views
Peace is never long preserved by weight of metal or by an armament race.
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Agreement Lying Race
What else but our own sturdy reliance on freedom can explain the unexampled record this country has made?
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Country Made Record Reliance Sturdy
The longer I operated on Wall Street the more distrustful I became of tips and inside information of every kind. Given time, I believe that inside information can break the Bank of England
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Believe Country Information Wall
Whatever men attempt, they seem driven to overdo. When hopes are soaring, I always repeat to myself that two and two still make four.
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Always Hope Investing Men Soaring Two
I made my money by selling too soon.
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Business Finance Selling
Science has taught us how to put the atom to work. But to make it work for good instead of for evil lies in the domain dealing with the principles of human dignity. We are now facing a problem more of ethics than of physics.
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Atom Domain Evil Instead Lies Lying Taught
Financial storm definitely passed.
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Depression Financial Great Storm
I never lost money by turning a profit.
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Lost Lost Money Profit
Whatever task you undertake, do it with all your heart and soul. Always be courteous, never be discouraged.
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Heart Love Mistake Task Undertake

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