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The power to become habituated to his surroundings is a marked characteristic of mankind.

John Maynard Keynes

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There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency.
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Currency Existence Subtle Sure
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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Bank Manager Mercy Rich Yourself
The boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerity at the Treasury.
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Right Time Treasure
Conservatism leads nowhere; it satisfies no ideal.
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Conservatism Ideal Satisfaction
Obstinacy can bring only a penalty and no reward.
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Obstinate Penalty Reward
I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal.
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Crime End Government Myself Work
The important thing for Government is not to do things which individuals are doing already, and to do them a little better or a little worse; but to do those things which at present are not done at all.
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Better Government Important Individual Present Worst
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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Activity Country Development Job
Whenever you save five shillings you put a man out of work for a day.
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Day Save Work Yourself
In the long run we are all dead.
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Death Philosophy Wasted Time
Chess is a cure for headaches.
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Chess Game Head Pain
The glory of the nation you love is a desirable end, – but generally to be obtained at your neighbor’s expense.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES

Desire Glory Love Nation Yourself
The division of the spoils between the victors will also provide employment for a powerful office, whose doorsteps the greedy adventurers and jealous concession hunters of twenty or thirty nations will crowd and defile.
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Crowd Division Employment Nation Provide Spoil
Ideas shape the course of history.
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Course History Ideas Shape
The engine which drives enterprise is not thrift, but profit.
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Drive Profit Thrift
The expected never happens; it is the unexpected always.
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Expectation Inspirational Miracle Motivational

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