Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
Archives: Quotes
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Most people get interested in stocks when everyone else is.
Most people get interested in stocks when everyone else is. The time to get interested is when no one else is. You can’t buy what is popular and do well.
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Persuasion is often more effectual than force.
Persuasion is often more effectual than force.
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If you have a harem of 40 women, you never
If you have a harem of 40 women, you never get to know any of them very well.
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I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars; I look
I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars; I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.
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It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
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It’s only when the tide goes out that you discover
It’s only when the tide goes out that you discover who’s been swimming naked.
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I violated the Noah rule: Predicting rain doesn’t count; building
I violated the Noah rule: Predicting rain doesn’t count; building arks does.
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It is with our passions, as it is with fire
It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters.
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Know from the rivers in clefts and in crevices: those
Know from the rivers in clefts and in crevices: those in small channels flow noisily, the great flow silent. Whatever’s not full makes noise. Whatever is full is quiet.