It’s not bringing in the new ideas that’s so hard; it’s getting rid of the old ones.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESWords ought to be a little wild, for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking.
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The key to selecting the winner isn’t choosing the face you think is the most beautiful but rather the face other people will pick
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There is nothing so disastrous as a rational investment policy in an irrational world.
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Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.
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The love of money as a possession. Will be recognised for what it is, a somewhat disgusting morbidity.
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I think that Capitalism, wisely managed, can probably be made more efficient for attaining economic ends than any alternative system yet in sight, but that in itself is in many ways extremely objectionable.
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Nothing mattered except states of mind, chiefly our own.
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It is a good thing to make mistakes so long as you’re found out quickly.
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The glory of the nation you love is a desirable end, – but generally to be obtained at your neighbor’s expense.
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It would not be foolish to contemplate the possibility of a far greater progress still.
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In truth, the gold standard is already a barbarous relic.
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Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.
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It economics is a method rather than a doctrine, an apparatus of the mind, a technique of thinking which helps its possessor to draw correct conclusions.
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If you owe your bank manager a thousand pounds, you are at his mercy. If you owe him a million pounds, he is at your mercy.
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The expected never happens; it is the unexpected always.
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The Economic Problem, the problem of want and poverty and the economic struggle between classes and nations, is nothing but a frightful muddle, a transitory and unnecessary muddle.
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