The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones.

Quote by John Maynard Keynes

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There is no harm in being sometimes wrong- especially if one is promptly found out.

There is no harm in being sometimes wrong- especially if one is promptly found out.

It is better that a man should tyrannize over his bank balance than over his...

It is better that a man should tyrannize over his bank balance than over his...

A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of...

A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of...

In the long run we are all dead.

In the long run we are all dead.

By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part...

By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part...

Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.

Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.

I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal.

I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal.

Education: the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent.

Education: the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent.

Education is the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent

Education is the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent

The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time...

The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time...

By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part...

By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part...

Nothing mattered except states of mind, chiefly our own.

Nothing mattered except states of mind, chiefly our own.

Americans are apt to be unduly interested in discovering what average opinion believes average opinion...

Americans are apt to be unduly interested in discovering what average opinion believes average opinion...

Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get...

Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get...

The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping the old ones, which...

The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping the old ones, which...

Long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are...

Long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are...

It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.

It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.

If I owe you a pound, I have a problem; but if I owe you...

If I owe you a pound, I have a problem; but if I owe you...

A promise made is a debt unpaid.

A promise made is a debt unpaid.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

Money is like an arm or a leg - use it or lose it

Money is like an arm or a leg - use it or lose it

Science... never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Science... never solves a problem without creating ten more.