It is far more difficult… to know when to sell a stock than when to buy.
BERNARD BARUCHAnything 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.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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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.
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Financial storm definitely passed.
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Let us not be deceived we are today in the midst of a cold war.
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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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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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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.
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A dangerous fallacy is to repudiate freedom in favor of an unknown future.
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A man sentenced to death obtained a reprieve by assuring the king he would teach his majesty’s horse to fly within the year – on the condition that if he didn’t succeed, he would be put to death at the end of the year. “Within a year,” the man explained later.
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Bears don’t live on Park Avenue.
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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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Now is always the hardest time to invest.
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No man should think himself a zero, and think he can do nothing about the state of the world.
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If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average.
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There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man’s reasoning powers.
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Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want.
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