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A diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor a person perfected without trials. Someone is enjoying shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

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The 19th century belonged to England, the 20th century belonged to the U.S., and the 21st century belongs to China. Invest accordingly.

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Remember that the stock market is manic-depressive.

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We still find very few [stocks] that even mildly interest us. That dismal fact is testimony to the insanity of valuations reached during The Great Bubble. Unfortunately, the hangover may prove to be proportional to the binge.

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The rest of the world really likes our stuff pretty well. It's just we buy so damn much of what they produce.

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Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing.

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

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It is impossible to unsign a contract, so do all your thinking before you sign.

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Take the high road; it's far less crowded.

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I can do anything I want, basically, as long as it doesn't involve athletic ability, or something like that.

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Outstanding long-term results are produced primarily by avoiding dumb decisions, rather than by making brilliant ones.

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The same things happen to quite an extent around the globe. I mean, the European banks were doing what the American banks were.

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In the end we must have people to match our principles, not the reverse.

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Returns decrease as motion increases.

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I am not in the business of predicting general stock market of business fluctuations. If you think I can do this, or think it is essential to an investment program, you should not be in the partnership.

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I've learned mainly by reading myself. So I don't think I have any original ideas. Certainly, I talk about reading Graham. I've read Phil Fisher. So I've gotten a lot of my ideas from reading. You can learn a lot from other people. In fact, I think if you learn basically from other people, you don't have to get too many new ideas on your own. You can just apply the best of what you see.

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If AIG had tried to unwind their derivatives books. I don't know. It would have hit every institution in the world.

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It's a big mistake to try and mislead people. They will turn around.

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Managers that always promise to 'make the numbers' will at some point be tempted to make up the numbers.

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We will reject interesting opportunities rather than over-leverage our balance sheet.

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