Always do one thing less than you think you can do.
BERNARD BARUCHColleges don’t teach economics properly. Unfortunately we learn little from the experience of the past.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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Become more humble as the market goes your way.
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Buy straw hats in the wintertime. Summer will surely come.
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Two things are bad for the heart – running up stairs and running down people.
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I never lost money by turning a profit.
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Don’t try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can’t be done except by liars.
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Learn to take losses quickly and cleanly. There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man’s reasoning powers.
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Never follow the crowd.
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Science has taught us how to put the atom to work. But to make it work for good instead of for evil lies in the domain dealing with the principles of human dignity. We are now facing a problem more of ethics than of physics.
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When good news about the market hits the front page of the New York Times, sell.
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Let us not be deceived we are today in the midst of a cold war.
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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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Recipe for success: Be polite, prepare yourself for whatever you are asked to do, keep yourself tidy, be cheerful, don’t be envious, be honest with yourself so you will be honest with others, be helpful, interest yourself in your job.
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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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Increased wages, higher pensions, more unemployment insurance, all are of no avail if the purchasing power of money falls faster.
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Get to know yourself. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see. Know also when you actually have thought through to the nature of the thing with which you are dealing and when you are not thinking at all…
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