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I have known men who could see through the motivations of others with the skill of a clairvoyant; only to prove blind to their own mistakes. I have been one of those men.

Bernard Baruch

Don’t speculate unless you can make it a full time job.
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Full Jobs Speculate Time
Unless each man produces more than he receives, increases his output, there will be less for him than all the others.
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Economy Increase Men Produce
Society can progress if men’s labors show a profit – if they yield more than is put in. To produce at a loss must leave less for all to share.
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Loss Men Produce Profit Progress Show Yield
Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking.
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Inspirational Success Talking
Peace is never long preserved by weight of metal or by an armament race.
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Agreement Lying Race
Don’t try to be a jack of all investments. Stick to the field you know best.
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Fields Sticks Trying
Recipe for success: Be polite, prepare yourself for whatever you are asked to do, keep yourself tidy, be cheerful, don’t be envious, be honest with yourself so you will be honest with others, be helpful, interest yourself in your job.
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Calm Independent Jobs Keep Polite Success Tidy
Creativity: Take the obvious, add a cupful of brains, a generous pinch of imagination, a bucketful of courage and daring, stir well and bring to a boil.
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Art Bucketful Courage Creativity Generous Imagination Teacher
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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Brain Passion Prejudice Sharp
Financial storm definitely passed.
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Depression Financial Great Storm
There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man’s reasoning powers.
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Information Men Power Reasoning
Be quick to praise people. People like to praise those who praise them.
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People Praise Quick
Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.
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Book Friends Giving Old
Become more humble as the market goes your way.
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Humble Market More Way
If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
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Hammers Nails Political
None of us can be free of conflict and woe. Even the greatest men have had to accept disappointments as their daily bread. … The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
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Art Disappointment Lying

I have known men who could see through the motivations of others with the skill of a clairvoyant; only to prove blind to their own mistakes. I have been one of those men.

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I have known men who could see through the motivations of others with the skill of a clairvoyant; only to prove blind to their own mistakes. I have been one of those men.

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