Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.
BERNARD BARUCHTwo things are bad for the heart – running up stairs and running down people.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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The terror created by weaponry has never stopped men from employing them.
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Never play tips from “insiders.” They can’t see the forest for the trees.
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If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
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Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can’t retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves more with less energy and time.
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There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man’s reasoning powers.
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What else but our own sturdy reliance on freedom can explain the unexampled record this country has made?
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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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The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
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Knowing yourself and knowing the facts, you can judge whether you can change the situation so it is more to your liking. If you cannot–or if you do not know how to improve on things–then discipline yourself to the adjustments that will be necessary.
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Don’t try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can’t be done except by liars.
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Behind the black portent of the new atomic age lies a hope which, seized upon with faith, can work out salvation…
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Gold has worked down from Alexander’s time… When something holds good for two thousand years I do not believe it can be so because of prejudice or mistaken theory.
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Even being right 3 or 4 times out of 10 should yield a person a fortune if he has the sense to cut his losses quickly on the ventures where he is wrong.
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Don’t try to be a jack of all investments. Stick to the field you know best.
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Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see.
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