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Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought.

Bernard Baruch

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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Bottom Business Done Liars Trying
America has never forgotten – and never will forget – the nobler things that brought her into being and that light her path…
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Country Decision Light Path Stock
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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Believe Mistaken Something Two Years
If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average.
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Cutting Loss Yield
None of us can be free of conflict and woe. Even the greatest men have had to accept disappointments as their daily bread. … The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
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Art Disappointment Lying
Be quick to praise people. People like to praise those who praise them.
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People Praise Quick
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
A political leader must keep looking over his shoulder all the time to see if the boys are still there. If they arent still there, hes no longer a political leader.
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Boys Keep Leader Political Time
Peace is never long preserved by weight of metal or by an armament race.
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Agreement Lying Race
Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth, the realities that must be grappled with.
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Change Grappled Problem Reality Truth
When 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.
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Beggar Belief Boys Dangerous Illusion Shoeshine
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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Barbers Best Beware Field Information Know Stick Waiter
No man should think himself a zero, and think he can do nothing about the state of the world.
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Men State Thinking Zero
Become more humble as the market goes your way.
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Humble Market More Way
If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
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Hammers Nails Political
No man can humiliate me or disturb me. I won’t let him.
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Anger Humiliate Men

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