The love of money as a possession - as distinguished from the love of money as a means to the enjoyments and realities of life - will be recognized for what it is, a somewhat disgusting morbidity, one of those…

Quote by John Maynard Keynes

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Like Odysseus, the President looked wiser when he was seated.

Like Odysseus, the President looked wiser when he was seated.

Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most...

Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most...

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.

The importance of money flows from it being a link between the present and the...

The importance of money flows from it being a link between the present and the...

The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency. By a...

The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency. By a...

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

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

If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a...

If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a...

For at least another hundred years we must pretend to ourselves and to every one...

For at least another hundred years we must pretend to ourselves and to every one...

Nothing mattered except states of mind, chiefly our own.

Nothing mattered except states of mind, chiefly our own.

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

Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assaults of thoughts on...

Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assaults of thoughts on...

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...

In the long run we are all dead.

In the long run we are all dead.

The biggest problem is not to let people accept new ideas, but to let them...

The biggest problem is not to let people accept new ideas, but to let them...

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...

It would not be foolish to contemplate the possibility of a far greater progress still.

It would not be foolish to contemplate the possibility of a far greater progress still.

Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.

Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.

The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.

The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.

The day is not far off when the economic problem will take the back seat...

The day is not far off when the economic problem will take the back seat...