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> [Investors must remember that their first job is to preserve their capital. After they've dealt with that, they can approach the second job, seeking a return on that capital.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-kahn/investors-must-remember-that-their-first-job-is-to-preserve-their/)

[Irving Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-kahn/)

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## More by Irving Kahn

> [It is very important to have a widespread curiosity about life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-kahn/it-is-very-important-to-have-a-widespread-curiosity-about-life/)

[Irving Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-kahn/)

> [The Depression taught me what frugality means and the importance of not losing money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-kahn/the-depression-taught-me-what-frugality-means-and-the-importance-of/)

[Irving Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-kahn/)

> [This may surprise you, but there were a large number of valuable buys during the Depression.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-kahn/this-may-surprise-you-but-there-were-a-large-number-of-valuable-buys/)

[Irving Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-kahn/)

> [Investors must remember that their first job is to preserve their capital. After they've dealt with that, they can approach the second job, seeking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-kahn/investors-must-remember-that-their-first-job-is-to-preserve-their/)

[Irving Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-kahn/)

> [Real investors should never feel bearish because the time to buy value is when markets go down!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-kahn/real-investors-should-never-feel-bearish-because-the-time-to-buy/)

[Irving Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-kahn/)

> [Don't depend on recent or current figures to forecast future prices; remember that many others knew them before you did](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-kahn/don-t-depend-on-recent-or-current-figures-to-forecast-future-prices/)

[Irving Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-kahn/)

> [You must have the discipline and temperament to resist your impulses. Human beings have precisely the wrong instincts when it comes to the markets.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-kahn/you-must-have-the-discipline-and-temperament-to-resist-your-impulses/)

[Irving Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-kahn/)

> [Investors have no reason to feel bearish. True value investors are glad the markets are down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-kahn/investors-have-no-reason-to-feel-bearish-true-value-investors-are/)

[Irving Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-kahn/)

> [ I stopped wasting time on what \[other\] people claimed a stock was worth and started looking at the numbers. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-kahn/i-stopped-wasting-time-on-what-other-people-claimed-a-stock-was-worth/)

[Irving Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-kahn/)

> [I’m at the stage in life where I get a lot of pleasure out of finding a cheap stock,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-kahn/i-m-at-the-stage-in-life-where-i-get-a-lot-of-pleasure-out-of-finding/)

[Irving Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-kahn/)

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