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 BARUCHWhen 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.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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Peace can be made tranquil and secure only by understanding and agreement fortified by sanctions.
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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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Be quick to praise people. People like to praise those who praise them.
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We are here today to make a choice between the quick and the dead.
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A dangerous fallacy is to repudiate freedom in favor of an unknown future.
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Peace is never long preserved by weight of metal or by an armament race.
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Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want.
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Beware of barbers, beauticians, waiters – or anyone – bringing gifts of ‘inside’ information or tips. Don’t try to be a jack of all investment. Stick to the field you know best.
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So efficient are the available instruments of slavery; fingerprints, lie detectors, brain washings, gas chambers; that we shiver at the thought of political change which might put these instruments in the hands of men of hate.
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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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The terror created by weaponry has never stopped men from employing them.
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Financial storm definitely passed.
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You can overcome anything if you don’t bellyache.
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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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Get to know yourself. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see. Know also when you actually have thought through to the nature of the thing with which you are dealing and when you are not thinking at all…
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