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

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The critical investment factor is determining the intrinsic value of a business and paying a fair or bargain price.

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

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Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.

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Remember that the stock market is manic-depressive.

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

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While I live I will never resort to irredeemable paper.

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I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you've probably misunderstood what I've said.

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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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As far as you are concerned, the stock market does not exist. Ignore it.

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

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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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Anything can happen anytime in markets. And no advisor, economist, or TV commentator-and definitely not Charlie nor I-can tell you when chaos will occur. Market forecasters will fill your ear but will never fill your wallet.

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Traditional wisdom is long on tradition and short on wisdom.

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Where prejudice exists it always discolors our thoughts.

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I get to do what I like to do every single day of the year.

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We can guarantee cash benefits as far out and at whatever size you like, but we cannot guarantee their purchasing power.

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