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Even when we know what is right, too often we fail to act. More often we grab greedily for the day, letting tomorrow bring what it will, putting off the unpleasant and unpopular.

Bernard Baruch

In a period scarcely twice my own lifetime it has risen from nothingness to become the world’s greatest power. It has become the ark of the covenant of freedom.
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Covenant Greatest Nothingness Scarcely Unexampled
Never follow the crowd.
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Inspirational Self Esteem Self Respect
Anything that saps the value of savings-and inflation is the worst single threat-is the enemy of the aged and of those who expect to grow old.
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Aged Anything Enemy Inflation Old
The terror created by weaponry has never stopped men from employing them.
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Men War Weaponry
Whatever men attempt, they seem driven to overdo. When hopes are soaring, I always repeat to myself that two and two still make four.
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Always Hope Investing Men Soaring Two
Even when we know what is right, too often we fail to act. More often we grab greedily for the day, letting tomorrow bring what it will, putting off the unpleasant and unpopular.
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Ethics Responsibility Tomorrow
Chance sometimes opens the door, but luck belongs to the good players.
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Doors Luck Player
I never lost money by turning a profit.
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Lost Lost Money Profit
Become more humble as the market goes your way.
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Humble Market More Way
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
You can overcome anything if you don’t bellyache.
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Blame Complaining Overcoming
Government is not a substitute for people, but simply the instrument through which they act. And if the individual fails to do his duty as a citizen, government becomes a very deadly instrument indeed.
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Government Individuality People
Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.
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Destruction Peace War World
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
The stock market is people.
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Market People Stock
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

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