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.

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...

Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.

Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

The power of vested interests is vastly exaggerated compared with the gradual encroachment of ideas

The power of vested interests is vastly exaggerated compared with the gradual encroachment of ideas

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.

Nothing mattered except states of mind, chiefly our own.

Nothing mattered except states of mind, chiefly our own.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be...

I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be...

Money won is twice as sweet as money earned.

Money won is twice as sweet as money earned.

Money is the barometer of a society's virtue.

Money is the barometer of a society's virtue.

In their (women) quest for rights they have naturally placed emphasis on their wrongs rather...

In their (women) quest for rights they have naturally placed emphasis on their wrongs rather...