Both individual skill (art) and chance are important factors in determining success or failure.
Benjamin GrahamLosing some money is an inevitable part of investing, and there's nothing you can do to prevent it. But to be an intelligent investor, you must take responsibility for ensuring that you never lose most or all of your money.
Benjamin GrahamExperience teaches that the time to buy stocks is when their price is unduly depressed by temporary adversity. In other words, they should be bought on a bargain basis or not at all.
Benjamin GrahamConfronted with a challenge to distill the secret of sound investment into three words, we venture the motto, Margin of Safety.
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