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.
BERNARD BARUCHGold 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.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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Be quick to praise people. People like to praise those who praise them.
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The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible.
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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.
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If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average.
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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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Become more humble as the market goes your way.
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To me – old age is always ten years older than I am.
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I never lost money by turning a profit.
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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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You may not like what you find. In that case you are entitled to try to change it. But do not deceive yourself as to what you do find to be the facts of the situation.
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Two things are bad for the heart – running up stairs and running down people.
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The terror created by weaponry has never stopped men from employing them.
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Only liars manage to always be out during bad times and in during good times.
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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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Chance sometimes opens the door, but luck belongs to the good players.
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