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.
BERNARD BARUCHOld books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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Never follow the crowd.
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Beware of him who promises something for nothing. Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures. Do not look for approval except the consciousness of doing your best.
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Don’t pity yourself, be quick to praise, be loyal to your friends, avoid prejudices, be independent, interest yourself in politics, and read the newspapers.
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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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I get the facts, I study them patiently, I apply imagination.
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Never pay the slightest attention to what a company president ever says about his stock.
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The stock market is people.
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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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You don’t have to blow out the other person’s light to let your own shine.
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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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Most of the successful people I know mostly listen, not talk.
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Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth.
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A dangerous fallacy is to repudiate freedom in favor of an unknown future.
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Vote for the man who promises least; he’ll be the least disappointing.
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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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