John Maynard Keynes Quotes About Mercy

Quotes about: Mercy

• It is the long term investor who will in practice come in for the most criticism. For it is the essence of his behaviour that he should be eccentric, unconventional and rash in the eyes of the average opinion. If he is successful, that will only confirm the general belief in his rashness; and if in the short run he is unsuccessful, which is very likely, he will not receive much mercy. Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.

  John Maynard Keynes

  Running, Independent, Eye

  1936 The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money.

• The old saying holds. Owe your banker �1000 and you are at his mercy; owe him �1 million and the position is reversed.

  John Maynard Keynes

  Bankers, Mercy, Old Saying

• If you owe your bank manager a thousand pounds, you are at his mercy. If you owe him a million pounds, he is at your mercy.

  John Maynard Keynes

  Bankers, Investing, Pounds

  Time magazine, February 17, 1947.

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