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The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.

Bernard Baruch

No man should think himself a zero, and think he can do nothing about the state of the world.
BERNARD BARUCH

Men State Thinking Zero
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
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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Deceive Entitled Fact Like Situation
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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Forgiveness Life Positive
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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Believe Maturity Path Years
Colleges don’t teach economics properly. Unfortunately we learn little from the experience of the past.
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College Little Past Philosophy
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
Whatever task you undertake, do it with all your heart and soul. Always be courteous, never be discouraged.
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Heart Love Mistake Task Undertake
Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can’t retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves more with less energy and time.
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Experience Man Numbers Retirement Teacher
If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
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Hammers Nails Political
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
If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average.
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Cutting Loss Yield
Even being right 3 or 4 times out of 10 should yield a person a fortune if he has the sense to cut his losses quickly on the ventures where he is wrong.
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Being Fortune Quickly Right Sense Wrong
Don’t try to be a jack of all investments. Stick to the field you know best.
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Fields Sticks Trying
It is far more difficult… to know when to sell a stock than when to buy.
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Difficult Knows Sells
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

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