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If we consistently act on the optimistic hypothesis, this hypothesis will tend to be realised; whilst by acting on the pessimistic hypothesis we can keep ourselves for ever in the pit of want.

John Maynard Keynes

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One’s knowledge and experience are definitely limited and there are seldom more than two or three enterprises at any given time in which I personally feel myself entitled to put full confidence.
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Nothing mattered except states of mind, chiefly our own.
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Chief Exception Ourselves State
The numeric system was invented to help man to put order in the chaos of the world.
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It would not be foolish to contemplate the possibility of a far greater progress still.
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The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.
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Once doubt begins it spreads rapidly.
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The expected never happens; it is the unexpected always.
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Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking.
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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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Acceptance Big Forget Ideas Old People Problem
Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men, for the nastiest of reasons, will somehow work for the benefit of us all.
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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
I know of only three people who really understand money. A professor at another university. One of my students. And a rather junior clerk at the Bank of England.
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Bank Known Myself People Understand University
The principle objectives in life are love, the creation and enjoyment if aesthetic experience, the pursuit of knowledge. Love comes a long way first.
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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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The love of money as a possession. Will be recognised for what it is, a somewhat disgusting morbidity.
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Well, when I get new information, I rethink my position. What, sir, do you do with new information?
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