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> [Speculation is a hard and trying business, and a speculator must be on the job all the time or he'll soon have no job to be on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-lauriston-livermore/speculation-is-a-hard-and-trying-business-and-a-speculator-must-be-on/)

[Jesse Lauriston Livermore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-lauriston-livermore/)

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## More by Jesse Lauriston Livermore

> [After spending many years in Wall Street and after making and losing millions of dollars I want to tell you this: It never was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-lauriston-livermore/after-spending-many-years-in-wall-street-and-after-making-and-losing/)

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> [Disregarding the big swing and trying to jump in and out was fatal to me. Nobody can catch all the fluctuations. In a bull…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-lauriston-livermore/disregarding-the-big-swing-and-trying-to-jump-in-and-out-was-fatal-to/)

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> [Money is made by sitting, not trading.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-lauriston-livermore/money-is-made-by-sitting-not-trading/)

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> [My main life lesson from investing: self-interest is the most powerful force on earth, and can get people to embrace and defend almost anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-lauriston-livermore/my-main-life-lesson-from-investing-self-interest-is-the-most-powerful/)

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> [Every once in a while you must go to cash, take a break, take a vacation. Don't try to play the market all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-lauriston-livermore/every-once-in-a-while-you-must-go-to-cash-take-a-break-take-a/)

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> [The only thing to do when a man is wrong is to be right by ceasing to be wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-lauriston-livermore/the-only-thing-to-do-when-a-man-is-wrong-is-to-be-right-by-ceasing-to/)

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> [Never try to sell at the top. It isn't wise. Sell after a reaction if there is no rally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-lauriston-livermore/never-try-to-sell-at-the-top-it-isn-t-wise-sell-after-a-reaction-if/)

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> [When a man is right he wants to get all that is coming to him for being right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-lauriston-livermore/when-a-man-is-right-he-wants-to-get-all-that-is-coming-to-him-for/)

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> [I know from experience that nobody can give me a tip or a series of tips that will make more money for me than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-lauriston-livermore/i-know-from-experience-that-nobody-can-give-me-a-tip-or-a-series-of/)

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> [To anticipate the market is to gamble. To be patient and react only when the market gives the signal is to speculate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-lauriston-livermore/to-anticipate-the-market-is-to-gamble-to-be-patient-and-react-only/)

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> [It is literally true that millions come easier to a trader after he knows how to trade, than hundreds did in the days of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-lauriston-livermore/it-is-literally-true-that-millions-come-easier-to-a-trader-after-he/)

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> [A man may see straight and clearly and yet become impatient or doubtful when the market takes its time about doing as he figured…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-lauriston-livermore/a-man-may-see-straight-and-clearly-and-yet-become-impatient-or/)

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> [The market does not beat them. They beat themselves, because though they have brains they cannot sit tight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-lauriston-livermore/the-market-does-not-beat-them-they-beat-themselves-because-though/)

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> [The average man doesn't wish to be told that it is a bull or a bear market. What he desires is to be told…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-lauriston-livermore/the-average-man-doesn-t-wish-to-be-told-that-it-is-a-bull-or-a-bear/)

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> [Speculation is a hard and trying business, and a speculator must be on the job all the time or he'll soon have no job…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-lauriston-livermore/speculation-is-a-hard-and-trying-business-and-a-speculator-must-be-on/)

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