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> [Nothing in finance is more fatuous and harmful, in our opinion, than the firmly established attitude of common stock investors regarding questions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-graham/nothing-in-finance-is-more-fatuous-and-harmful-in-our-opinion-than/)

[Benjamin Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-graham/)

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> [The ideal form of common stock analysis leads to a valuation of the issue which can be compared with the current price…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-graham/the-ideal-form-of-common-stock-analysis-leads-to-a-valuation-of-the/)

[Benjamin Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-graham/)

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> [“Security analysis cannot presume to lay down general rules as to the "proper value" of any given common stock... The prices of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-graham/security-analysis-cannot-presume-to-lay-down-general-rules-as-to-the/)

[Benjamin Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-graham/)

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## More by Benjamin Graham

> [The purpose of this book is to supply, in the form suitable for laymen, guidance in the adoption and execution of an investment policy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-graham/the-purpose-of-this-book-is-to-supply-in-the-form-suitable-for-laymen/)

[Benjamin Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-graham/)

> [There is something paradoxical in the fact that by establishing an export market we subject our entire domestic production to the vagaries of that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-graham/there-is-something-paradoxical-in-the-fact-that-by-establishing-an/)

[Benjamin Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-graham/)

> [Those with the enterprise lack the money and those with the money lack the enterprise to buy stocks when they are cheap.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-graham/those-with-the-enterprise-lack-the-money-and-those-with-the-money/)

[Benjamin Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-graham/)

> [It must be fundamentally wrong to reduce production of food and fiber while one-third of our population is still ill fed and ill clothed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-graham/it-must-be-fundamentally-wrong-to-reduce-production-of-food-and-fiber/)

[Benjamin Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-graham/)

> [The intelligent investor is a realist who sells to optimists and buys from pessimists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-graham/the-intelligent-investor-is-a-realist-who-sells-to-optimists-and-buys/)

[Benjamin Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-graham/)

> [Intelligent investment is more a matter of mental approach than it is of technique. A sound mental approach toward stock fluctuations is the touchstone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-graham/intelligent-investment-is-more-a-matter-of-mental-approach-than-it-is/)

[Benjamin Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-graham/)

> [Many progressive economists insist that gold is now in essentially the same position as silver and that the arguments the simon-pure gold advocates use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-graham/many-progressive-economists-insist-that-gold-is-now-in-essentially/)

[Benjamin Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-graham/)

> [The art of investment has one characteristic that is not generally appreciated. A creditable, if unspectacular, result can be achieved by the lay investor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-graham/the-art-of-investment-has-one-characteristic-that-is-not-generally/)

[Benjamin Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-graham/)

> [We have not known a single person who has consistently or lastingly make money by thus "following the market". We do not hesitate to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-graham/we-have-not-known-a-single-person-who-has-consistently-or-lastingly/)

[Benjamin Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-graham/)

> [The essence of investment management is the management of risks, not the management of returns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-graham/the-essence-of-investment-management-is-the-management-of-risks-not/)

[Benjamin Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-graham/)

> [Wall Street people learn nothing and forget everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-graham/wall-street-people-learn-nothing-and-forget-everything/)

[Benjamin Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-graham/)

> [In security analysis the prime stress is laid upon protection against untoward events. We obtain this protection by insisting upon margins of safety, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-graham/in-security-analysis-the-prime-stress-is-laid-upon-protection-against/)

[Benjamin Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-graham/)

> [Never buy a stock immediately after a substantial rise or sell one immediately after a substantial drop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-graham/never-buy-a-stock-immediately-after-a-substantial-rise-or-sell-one/)

[Benjamin Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-graham/)

> [Observation over many years has taught us that the chief losses to investors come from the purchase of low-quality securities at times of good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-graham/observation-over-many-years-has-taught-us-that-the-chief-losses-to/)

[Benjamin Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-graham/)

> [No matter how careful you are, the one risk no investor can ever eliminate is the risk of being wrong. Only by insisting on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-graham/no-matter-how-careful-you-are-the-one-risk-no-investor-can-ever/)

[Benjamin Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-graham/)

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