Tuesday, August 7, 1973

Money, Italian proverb

Money is round, and rolls away.

- Italian proverb

돈은 둥글다. 그래서 굴러 다닌다.

- 이탈리아속담

Sunday, August 5, 1973

Investment, Benjamin Graham

Investment is most intelligent when it is most businesslike.

- Benjamin Graham (1973) The Intelligent Investor Chapter 20, "Margin of Safety": The Central Concept, p. 286


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Sunday, June 17, 1973

Abhorrence, Jane Austen

But disguise of every sort is my abhorrence.

- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (1813), Chapter 31.

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Tuesday, April 3, 1973

Reality, Ralph Marston

Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality.

- Ralph Marston

Tuesday, March 27, 1973

Weather, Sir J. Lubbock

We often hear of bad weather, but in reality no weather is bad. It is all delightful, though in different ways. Some weather may be bad for farmers or crops, but for man all kinds are good. Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating.

- Sir J. Lubbock [The Use of Life (1894), ch. IV: Recreation]

Tuesday, March 20, 1973

Advice, Mongolian Proverb

"Овоо босгоогүй бол шаазгай хаанаас суух вэ."
Transliteration: Ovoo bosgoogui bol shuvuu haanaas suukh ve.
Translation: If the cairn were not built, the magpie wouldn't have perched.
Context: Cairns are prevalent in Mongolia due to Buddhism, and they are popular landing posts for birds.
English equivalent: It takes two to tango.
Namzhil, Dalaĭ, Akademi) (1999). Mongol, ȯrnȯdorno: gėr bu̇liĭn zan zanshlyn ulamzhlal, kholboo : tu̇u̇kh, ugsaatny zu̇ĭn kharʹts︠u︡ulsan sudalgaa. ShUA-iĭn Zu̇u̇n Khoĭt Azi Sudlalyn Khu̇rėėlėn. p. 116.

Tuesday, March 6, 1973

Investment, Benjamin Graham

To achieve satisfactory investment results is easier than most people realize; to achieve superior results is harder than it looks.

- Benjamin Graham (1973) The Intelligent Investor Chapter 20, "Margin of Safety": The Central Concept, p. 287

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