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The last duty of a central banker is to tell the public the truth.

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Only those who will be sellers of equities in the near future should be happy at seeing stocks rise. Prospective purchasers should much prefer sinking prices.

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I don't read economic forecasts. I don't read the funny papers.

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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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Long ago, Ben Graham taught me that "Price is what you pay; value is what you get." Whether we're talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down.

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If you don't feel comfortable owning something for 10 years, then don't own it for 10 minutes.

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I don't measure my life by the money I've made. Other people might, but certainly don't.

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The advice "you never go broke taking a profit" is foolish.

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Growth and value investing are joined at the hip.

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All jobs are created in direct proportion to the amount of capital employed.

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Never invest in a business you can't understand

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You could be somewhere where the mail was delayed three weeks and do just fine investing.

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Does management resist the institutional imperative?

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I knew a lot about what I did when I was 20. I had read a lot, and I aspired to learn everything I could about the subject.

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If you expect to continue to purchase stocks throughout your life, you should welcome price declines as a way to add stocks more cheaply to your portfolio.

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If you know how to value businesses, it's crazy to own 50 stocks or 40 stocks or 30 stocks, probably because there aren't that many wonderful businesses understandable to a single human being in all likelihood. To forego buying more of some super-wonderful business and instead put your money into #30 or #35 on your list of attractiveness just strikes Charlie and me as madness.

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Buy companies with strong histories of profitability and with a dominant business franchise.

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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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Look for companies with high profit margins.

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