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 BARUCHI never lost money by turning a profit.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average.
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I have learned the truth of the observation that the more one approaches great men the more one finds that they are men.
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The path that was entered upon only one hundred and fifty years ago … How young she is! It will be centuries before she will adopt that maturity of custom – the clothing of the grave – that some people believe she is already fitted for.
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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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Never answer a critic, unless he’s right.
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I get the facts, I study them patiently, I apply imagination.
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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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Our problem in money-making or government affairs is how to remain properly venturesome and experimental without making fools of ourselves.
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Agriculture is the greatest and fundamentally the most important of our industries. The cities are but the branches of the tree of national life, the roots of which go deeply into the land. We all flourish or decline with the farmer.
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The terror created by weaponry has never stopped men from employing them.
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Beware of him who promises something for nothing. Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures. Do not look for approval except the consciousness of doing your best.
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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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Increased wages, higher pensions, more unemployment insurance, all are of no avail if the purchasing power of money falls faster.
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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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We are here today to make a choice between the quick and the dead.
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