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The engine which drives enterprise is not thrift, but profit.

John Maynard Keynes

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A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind.
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History Mindset Opinion Study
The destruction of the inducement to invest by an excessive liquidity-preference was the outstanding evil, the prime impediment to the growth of wealth, in the ancient and medieval worlds.
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Destruction Growth Investment Liquid World
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
It would be foolish, in forming our expectations, to attach great weight to matters which are very uncertain.
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Attachment Certain Expectation Fools
Well, when I get new information, I rethink my position. What, sir, do you do with new information?
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Information Myself Position Thinking Yourself
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
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
The engine which drives enterprise is not thrift, but profit.
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Drive Profit Thrift
As time goes on, I get more and more convinced that the right method of investment is to put fairly large sums into enterprises which one thinks one knows something about and in the management of which one thoroughly believes.
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Believe Fair Investment Management Myself Right Time
When I find new information I change my mind; What do you do?
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Change Finding Information Mindset
When the facts change, I change my mind.
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Change Fact Inspirational Mindset Myself Open
The numeric system was invented to help man to put order in the chaos of the world.
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Chaos Help Invention Man System World
The considerations upon which expectations of prospective yields are based are partly existing facts which we can assume to be known more or less for certain, and partly future events which can only be forecasted with more or less confidence.
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Confidence Existence Expectation Forecast Known Prediction
Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.
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Anticipation Investment Success
The markets are moved by animal spirits, and not by reason.
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Animal Market Move Reason Spirit
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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Belief Benefit Capital Man Nasty Reason Work

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