The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat ... - John Maynard Keynes

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

John Maynard Keynes Time

Economist British 1883–1946

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"In the long run we are all dead."

"Ideas are more powerful than vested interests."

"The market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent."

"Time waits for no one."

"Time spent with loved ones is never wasted."

"I've been alive for a long time. Long enough to know that you can't trust anyone."

"The past always catches up with you."