"The speculators deadly enemies are: Ignorance, greed, fear and hope. All the statute books in the world and all the rules of all the Exchanges on earth cannot eliminate these from the human animal."

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Source : Edwin Lefevre (2013). “Reminiscences of a Stock Operator”, p.477, Lulu Press, Inc

Edwin Lefevre

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“Was it not the great philosopher and mathematician Leibnitz who said that the more knowledge advances the more it becomes possible to condense it into little books?”

Source : J. Arthur Thomson (2008). “The Outline of Science, First Volume”, p.3, Wildside Press LLC
“The rumor that the state of my health will necessitate my resignation is entirely unfounded.”
“Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.”

Source : Maria Edgeworth (1832). “Castle Rackrent: And Irish Bulls”, p.303
“Empathize with stupidity and you're halfway to thinking like an idiot”

Source : "Consider Phlebas" by Iain Banks, Orbit Books paperback edition, (p. 27), 1987.
“War is honorable In those who do their native rights maintain; In those whose swords an iron barrier are Between the lawless spoiler and the weak; But is, in those who draw th' offensive blade For added power or gain, sordid and despicable As meanest office of the worldly churl.”
“Do not be afraid to fail, but also, do not be afraid to succeed.”
“If they [the crowd at The Apollo Theater] don't like you, they will let you know. When you didn't have any talent, they would let you know about it -- and not kindly. There'd be things like "Get off the stage!" and certain expletives we won't say here. It was a rough audience.”
“I feel that the essence of dance is the expression of man--the landscape of his soul. I hope that every dance I do reveals something of myself or some wonderful thing a human can be.”

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