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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

Unless each man produces more than he receives, increases his output, there will be less for him than all the others.
BERNARD BARUCH

Economy Increase Men Produce
A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.
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Business Future Men
The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.
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Communication Ideas Important
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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Available Detector Fingerprint Hate Instruments Lying Men Shiver Washing
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
Chance sometimes opens the door, but luck belongs to the good players.
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Doors Luck Player
Colleges don’t teach economics properly. Unfortunately we learn little from the experience of the past.
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College Little Past Philosophy
Be quick to praise people. People like to praise those who praise them.
BERNARD BARUCH

People Praise Quick
During my eighty-seven years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.
BERNARD BARUCH

Character Technology Thinking
Only liars manage to always be out during bad times and in during good times.
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Good Liars Times Timing
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

Ethics Responsibility Tomorrow
Never play tips from “insiders.” They can’t see the forest for the trees.
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Forests Insider Play Tree
Financial storm definitely passed.
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Depression Financial Great Storm
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
Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.
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Destruction Peace War World
Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking.
BERNARD BARUCH

Inspirational Success Talking

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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