There's a tremendous amount of insight from wise men and women from many eras and professions, even if they couldn't distinguish an income statement from a dirty napkin.
"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."
-- Albert Einstein
"If you hold a cat by the tail, you learn things you cannot learn any other way."
-- Mark Twain
"It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so."
-- Mark Twain
"All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone."
-- Blaise Pascal
"Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
-- Winston Churchill
"I've made up my mind ... don't confuse me with the facts!"
-- Chris Axon
As long as shares kept soaring, nothing would change their minds. Until the stocks tanked ... then they learned quickly. It's essential to be open-minded about your investments -- even if you love 'em to death -- when the facts change.
"A jug fills drop by drop."
-- Buddha
"This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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