Acknowledging what you don’t know is the dawning of wisdom.
CHARLIE MUNGERIntelligent people make decisions based on opportunity costs.
More Charlie Munger Quotes
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Knowing what you don’t know is more useful than being brilliant.
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Our job is to find a few intelligent things to do, not to keep up with every damn thing in the world.
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How do you compete against a true fanatic? You can only try to build the best possible moat and continuously attempt to widen it.
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It’s been my experience in life if you just keep thinking and reading, you don’t have to work.
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The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
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It’s not greed that drives the world, but envy.
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Most people are too fretful, they worry to much. Success means being very patient, but aggressive when it’s time.
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To the man with only a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
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You don’t have to have perfect wisdom to get very rich – just a bit better than average over a long period of time.
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Spend less than you make; always be saving something. Put it into a tax-deferred account. Over time, it will begin to amount to something. This is such a no-brainer.
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Step by step you get ahead, but rarely in fast spurts.
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If you can buy the best companies, over time the pricing takes care of itself.
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People always underestimate the ability of earth to increase its carrying capacity.
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I don’t spend much time regretting the past, once I’ve taken my lesson from it. I don’t dwell on it.
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Stock-picking is like gambling: those who win well, seldom bet, but when they do, they bet heavily.
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