Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESThe 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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It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong.
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If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with dentists, that would be splendid.
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If farming were to be organised like the stock market, a farmer would sell his farm in the morning when it was raining, only to buy it back in the afternoon when the sun came out.
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Thus, the weight of my criticism is directed against the inadequacy of the theoretical foundations of the laissez-faire doctrine upon which I was brought up and for many years I taught
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The biggest problem is not to let people accept new ideas, but to let them forget the old ones.
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Investment based on genuine long-term expectations is so difficult today as to be scarcely practicable.
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When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir?
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I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal.
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Nor should the argument seem strange that taxation may be so high as to defeat its object, and that, given sufficient time to gather the fruits, a reduction of taxation will run a better chance than an increase of balancing the budget.
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The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.
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It is a good thing to make mistakes so long as you’re found out quickly.
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It is the duty of the long-term investor to endure great losses with equanimity.
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Once doubt begins it spreads rapidly.
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The friends of gold will have to be extremely wise and moderate if they are to avoid a revolution.
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When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done.
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