George Odera
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“Anyone taken as an individual is tolerably sensible and reasonable - as a member of a crowd, he at once becomes a blockhead. - Friedrich Von Schiller, as quoted by Bernard Baruch”
― A Short History of Financial Euphoria
― A Short History of Financial Euphoria
“Religion is a system of wishful illusions together with a disavowal of reality, such as we find nowhere else but in a state of blissful hallucinatory confusion. Religion's eleventh commandment is "Thou shalt not question.”
― The Future of an Illusion
― The Future of an Illusion
“Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.”
― General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money
― General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money
“Never ask a man if he is from Sparta: If he were, he would have let you know such an important fact - and if he were not, you could hurt his feelings.”
― Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
― Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
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