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I never lost money by turning a profit.

Bernard Baruch

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Bernard Baruch
Age: 94 †
Born: 1870
Born: August 19
Died: 1965
Died: June 20
Banker
Economist
Entrepreneur
Financier
Politician
Stockbroker
Trader
Camden
South Carolina
Bernard M. Baruch
Bernard Baruch
B. M. Baruch
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We are living in a highly organized state of socialism. The state is all the individual is of importance only as he contributes to the welfare of the state. His property is only his as the state does not need it. He must hold his life and his possessions at the call of the state.
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When beggars and shoeshine boys, barbers and beauticians can tell you how to get rich it is time to remind yourself that there is no more dangerous illusion than the belief that one can get something for nothing.
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Most of the successful people I know mostly listen, not talk.
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Never pay the slightest attention to what a company president ever says about his stock.
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Learn to take losses quickly and cleanly. There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man's reasoning powers. Beware of barbers, beauticians, waiters - or anyone - bringing gifts of 'inside' information or tips. Don't try to be a jack of all investment. Stick to the field you know best.
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Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want.
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The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.
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The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
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Although the shooting war is over, we are in the midst of a cold war which is getting warmer.
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No man can humiliate me or disturb me. I won't let him.
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When good news about the market hits the front page of the New York Times, sell.
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Our problem in money-making or government affairs is how to remain properly venturesome and experimental without making fools of ourselves.
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