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The boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerity at the Treasury.

John Maynard Keynes

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The power to become habituated to his surroundings is a marked characteristic of mankind.
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Character Habitat Kind Man Power Surround
An investor who proposes to ignore near-term market fluctuations needs greater resources for safety and must not operate on so large a scale, if at all, with borrowed money.
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Borrow Ignorance Investor Large Money Operate Propose Safety Scale
Like all his type, Newton was wholly aloof from women.
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Scientist Type Woman
The engine which drives enterprise is not thrift, but profit.
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Drive Profit Thrift
Ideas shape the course of history.
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Course History Ideas Shape
I do not know which makes a man more conservative – to know nothing but the present, or nothing but the past.
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Conservatism Known Man Myself Past Present
It is the duty of the long-term investor to endure great losses with equanimity.
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Greatness Investment Loss Responsibility
To suggest social action for the public good to the city London is like discussing The Origin of Species to a Bishop sixty years ago.
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Action Discussion Origin Public Social
It is Enterprise which build and improves the world’s possessions. If Enterprise is afoot, Wealth accumulates whatever may be happening to Thrift; and if Enterprise is asleep, Wealth decays, whatever Thrift may be doing.
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Build Enterprise Improve Possession Sleep Thrift Wealth World
It would not be foolish to contemplate the possibility of a far greater progress still.
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Foolish Greatness Possible Progress
If you owe your bank a hundred pounds, you have a problem. But if you owe a million, it has.
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Bank Problem Wealth Yourself
Investing is an activity of forecasting the yield over the life of the asset; speculation is the activity of forecasting the psychology of the market.
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Forecast Investment Marketing Prediction Speculation
Once doubt begins it spreads rapidly.
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Beginning Doubt Fast Spread
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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Desire Glory Love Nation Yourself
By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.
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Citizenship Important Inflation Process Secret
When the final result is expected to be a compromise, it is often prudent to start from an extreme position.
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Compromise Expectation Final Position Result

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