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 BARUCHOnly liars manage to always be out during bad times and in during good times.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
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Peace is never long preserved by weight of metal or by an armament race.
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Those who matter don’t mind, and those who mind don’t matter.
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The path that was entered upon only one hundred and fifty years ago … How young she is! It will be centuries before she will adopt that maturity of custom – the clothing of the grave – that some people believe she is already fitted for.
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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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Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see.
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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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Unless each man produces more than he receives, increases his output, there will be less for him than all the others.
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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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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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Peace can be made tranquil and secure only by understanding and agreement fortified by sanctions.
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Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.
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We can’t cross that bridge until we come to it, but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead of time.
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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.
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Behind the black portent of the new atomic age lies a hope which, seized upon with faith, can work out salvation…
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