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One of the ironies of the stock market is the emphasis on activity. Brokers, using terms such as 'marketability' and 'liquidity,' sing the praises of companies with high share turnover... but investors should understand that what is good for the croupier is not good for the customer. A hyperactive stock market is the pick pocket of enterprise.

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Look for companies with high profit margins.

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If at first you do succeed, quit trying on investing.

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The Stock Market is designed to transfer money from the Active to the Patient.

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Beware of geeks bearing formulas.

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When investing, pessimism is your friend, euphoria the enemy.

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Risk can be greatly reduced by concentrating on only a few holdings.

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Calculate "owner earnings" to get a true reflection of value.

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For some reason, people take their cues from price action rather than from values. What doesn't work is when you start doing things that you don't understand or because they worked last week for somebody else. The dumbest reason in the world to buy a stock is because it's going up.

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I really like my life. I've arranged my life so that I can do what I want.

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The ideal business is one that earns very high returns on capital and that keeps using lots of capital at those high returns. That becomes a compounding machine.

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In a commodity business, it's very hard to be smarter than your dumbest competitor.

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Sound investing can make you very wealthy if you're not in too big a hurry

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The probable is what usually happens.

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Investing is forgoing consumption now in order to have the ability to consume more at a later date.

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Investors making purchases in an overheated market need to recognize that it may often take an extended period for the value of even an outstanding company to catch up with the price they paid.

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You know ... you keep doing the same things and you keep getting the same result over and over again.

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When Berkshire buys common stock, we approach the transaction as if we were buying into a private business.

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Cash combined with courage in a time of crisis is priceless.

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I am a better investor because I am a businessman, and a better businessman because I am no investor.

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