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 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.
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All economic movements, by their very nature, are motivated by crowd psychology.
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It is far more difficult… to know when to sell a stock than when to buy.
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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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Those who matter don’t mind, and those who mind don’t matter.
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Never follow the crowd.
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I’ll give you the bottom 10% and the top 10% of any move if I get to keep the middle 80%.
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We are living in a highly organized state of socialism. The state is all; the individual is of importance only as he contributes to the welfare of the state. His property is only his as the state does not need it. He must hold his life and his possessions at the call of the state.
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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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One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to bed.
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Nobody ever lost money taking a profit
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There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man’s reasoning powers.
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Bears don’t live on Park Avenue.
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Colleges don’t teach economics properly. Unfortunately we learn little from the experience of the past.
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Get to know yourself. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see. Know also when you actually have thought through to the nature of the thing with which you are dealing and when you are not thinking at all…
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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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