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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.

Bernard Baruch

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Bernard Baruch
Age: 94 †
Born: 1870
Born: August 19
Died: 1965
Died: June 20
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