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The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible.

Bernard Baruch

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
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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Business Experiment Fool Government
We grow neither better or worse as we get old, but more like ourselves.
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Birthday Funny Grow Up
Bears don’t live on Park Avenue.
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Bears Investment Parks
Don’t pity yourself, be quick to praise, be loyal to your friends, avoid prejudices, be independent, interest yourself in politics, and read the newspapers.
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Friends Loyal Newspaper Pity Prejudice Quick Read
Always do one thing less than you think you can do.
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Expectations Thinking Work
If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
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Hammers Nails Political
The essence of any plan for financing old age is saving-to put aside some part of today’s earnings for the future.
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Age Enemy Essence
Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.
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Destruction Peace War World
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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Ago Clothes Grave Hundred People Some Years Young
There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man’s reasoning powers.
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Information Men Power Reasoning
We can’t cross that bridge until we come to it, but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead of time.
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Bridges Crosses Economy
Become more humble as the market goes your way.
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Humble Market More Way
Never pay the slightest attention to what a company president ever says about his stock.
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Attention Pay President
A dangerous fallacy is to repudiate freedom in favor of an unknown future.
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Ark Country Dangerous Favor Future Repudiate
Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want.
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Inspirational Jobs Work
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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Change Fact Improve Knowing Situation Thing
Nobody ever lost money taking a profit
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Business Money Saving
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
Colleges don’t teach economics properly. Unfortunately we learn little from the experience of the past.
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College Little Past Philosophy
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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Cities Industries Land Roots Trees
The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.
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Communication Ideas Important
Learn to take losses quickly and cleanly. There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man’s reasoning powers.
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Information Loss Men Power Reason Something Trying
Chance sometimes opens the door, but luck belongs to the good players.
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Doors Luck Player
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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Anybody Consciousness Failure Mistake Nothing
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
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

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