I don’t spend much time regretting the past, once I’ve taken my lesson from it. I don’t dwell on it.
CHARLIE MUNGERThe investment game always involves considering both quality and price, and the trick is to get more quality than you pay for in price. It’s just that simple.
More Charlie Munger Quotes
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I think that, every time you saw the word EBITDA, you should substitute the word “bullshit” earnings.
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In my whole life, I have known no wise people who didn’t read all the time – none … ZERO.
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The big money is not in the buying and selling, but in the waiting.
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The more hard lessons you can learn vicariously rather than through your own hard experience, the better.
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The wise ones bet heavily when the world offers them that opportunity. They bet big when they have the odds. And the rest of the time, they don’t. It’s just that simple.
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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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The game of life is the game of everlasting learning. At least it is if you want to win.
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Hard work, honesty, if you keep at it, will get you almost anything.
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I’m right, and you’re smart, and sooner or later you’ll see I’m right.
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Just avoid things like racing trains to the crossing, doing cocaine, etc. Develop good mental habits.
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I like people admitting they were complete stupid horses’ asses. I know I’ll perform better if I rub my nose in my mistakes. This is a wonderful trick to learn.
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Acknowledging what you don’t know is the dawning of wisdom.
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If we’ve been a little more successful than other people, is because we always realised that the school of life was always open, and if you were not learning more you are falling behind.
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If you don’t keep learning, other people will pass you by. Temperament alone won’t do it – you need a lot of curiosity for a long, long time.
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Investing is where you find a few great companies and then sit on your ass.
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