“The reader can test his own psychology by asking himself whether he would consider, in retrospect, the selling at 156 in 1925 and buying back at 109 in 1931 was a satisfactory operation. Some may think that an intelligent investor should have been able to sell out much closer to the high of 381 and to buy back nearer the low of 41. If that is your own view you are probably a speculator at heart and will have trouble keeping to true investment precepts while the market rushes up and down.” IfsThinkingShouldHeartMayHas BeensAbleViewsPsychologyTroubleReaderLowsShould HaveTestsIntelligentAskingSellsInvestmentSellingOperationsBuyingInvestorsUp And DownShould Have BeenRetrospectSpeculators Author:Benjamin Graham
“The unlucky hand dealt to clear and precise writers is that people assume they are superficial and so do not go to any trouble inreading them: and the lucky hand dealt to unclear ones is that the reader does go to some trouble and then attributes the pleasure he experiences in his own zeal to them.” PeopleDoeHandsReadingPleasureClearTroubleReaderLuckyAssumingAttributesSuperficialPreciseZealUnluckyUnclear Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“I don't think any of my books tell the reader anything new. But they do remind, in a time that is strident and screeching about the limitations of this world and all the trouble we can get ourselves into.” ThinkingWorldBookTroubleThis WorldReaderLimitation Author:Richard Bach
“Another trouble with poetry - and I'm gonna stop the list at two - is the presence of presumptuousness in poetry, the sense you get in a poem that the poet takes for granted an interest on the reader's part in the poet's autobiographical life, in the poet's memories, problems, difficulties and even minor perceptions.” TwoProblemInterestMemoriesTroublePoetReaderPerceptionDifficultyListsGrantedMinors Author:Billy Collins