I have known men who could ...

I have known men who could see through the motivations of others with the skill of a clairvoyant; only to prove blind to their own mistakes. I have been one of those men.
I have known men who could see through the motivations of others with the skill of a clairvoyant; only to prove blind to their own mistakes. I have been one of those men.
 Bernard Baruch

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Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.
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During my eighty-seven years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.
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Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter.
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