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I was suffering from my chronic delusion that one good share is safer than ten bad ones, and I am always forgetting that hardly anyone else shares this particular delusion.
John Maynard Keynes
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John Maynard Keynes
Age: 62 †
Born: 1883
Born: June 5
Died: 1946
Died: April 21
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Baron Keynes of Tilton
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Newton was not the first of the age of reason, he was the last of the magicians.
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Galton's eccentric, sceptical, observing, flashing, cavalry-leader type of mind led him eventually to become the founder of the most important, significant and, I would add, genuine branch of sociology which exists, namely eugenics.
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Americans are apt to be unduly interested in discovering what average opinion believes average opinion to be.
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When the final result is expected to be a compromise, it is often prudent to start from an extreme position.
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Everything is always decided for reasons other than the real merits of the case
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There is no harm in being sometimes wrong - especially if one is promptly found out.
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