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title: "2 Stock Doesn Quotes By Edwin Lefevre"
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> [If a stock doesn’t act right don’t touch it; because, being unable to tell precisely what is wrong, you cannot tell which way it is going. No diagnosis, no prognosis. No prognosis, no profit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-lefevre/if-a-stock-doesn-t-act-right-don-t-touch-it-because-being-unable-to/)

[Edwin Lefevre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-lefevre/)

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> [When the man who ought to want a stock doesn't want it, why should I want it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-lefevre/when-the-man-who-ought-to-want-a-stock-doesn-t-want-it-why-should-i/)

[Edwin Lefevre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-lefevre/)

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## More by Edwin Lefevre

> [If a stock doesn’t act right don’t touch it; because, being unable to tell precisely what is wrong, you cannot tell which way it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-lefevre/if-a-stock-doesn-t-act-right-don-t-touch-it-because-being-unable-to/)

[Edwin Lefevre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-lefevre/)

> [“If you do not know who you are, the stock market is an expensive place to find out.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-lefevre/if-you-do-not-know-who-you-are-the-stock-market-is-an-expensive-place/)

[Edwin Lefèvre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-lefevre/)

> [When you find that it fails to respond adequately to your buying you don't need any better tip to sell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-lefevre/when-you-find-that-it-fails-to-respond-adequately-to-your-buying-you/)

[Edwin Lefevre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-lefevre/)

> [When the man who ought to want a stock doesn't want it, why should I want it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-lefevre/when-the-man-who-ought-to-want-a-stock-doesn-t-want-it-why-should-i/)

[Edwin Lefevre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-lefevre/)

> [Being broke is a very efficient educational agency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-lefevre/being-broke-is-a-very-efficient-educational-agency/)

[Edwin Lefevre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-lefevre/)

> [No man can always have adequate reasons for buying or selling stocks daily - or sufficient knowledge to make his play an intelligent play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-lefevre/no-man-can-always-have-adequate-reasons-for-buying-or-selling-stocks/)

[Edwin Lefevre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-lefevre/)

> [“Speculators buy the trend; investors are in for the long haul; "they are a different breed of cats." One reason that people lose money…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-lefevre/speculators-buy-the-trend-investors-are-in-for-the-long-haul-they-are/)

[Edwin Lefèvre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-lefevre/)

> [One of the most helpful things that any body can learn is to give up trying to catch the last eighth - or the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-lefevre/one-of-the-most-helpful-things-that-any-body-can-learn-is-to-give-up/)

[Edwin Lefevre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-lefevre/)

> [The speculators deadly enemies are: Ignorance, greed, fear and hope. All the statute books in the world and all the rules of all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-lefevre/the-speculators-deadly-enemies-are-ignorance-greed-fear-and-hope-all/)

[Edwin Lefevre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-lefevre/)

> [If a man didn't make mistakes he'd own the world in a month.But if he didn't profit by his mistakes he wouldn't own a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-lefevre/if-a-man-didn-t-make-mistakes-he-d-own-the-world-in-a-month-but-if-he/)

[Edwin Lefevre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-lefevre/)

> [Nowhere does history indulge in repetitions so often or so uniformly as in Wall Street. When you read contemporary accounts of booms or panics,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-lefevre/nowhere-does-history-indulge-in-repetitions-so-often-or-so-uniformly/)

[Edwin Lefevre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-lefevre/)

> [The public always wants to be told.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-lefevre/the-public-always-wants-to-be-told/)

[Edwin Lefevre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-lefevre/)

> [As I have said a thousand times, no manipulation can put stocks down and keep them down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-lefevre/as-i-have-said-a-thousand-times-no-manipulation-can-put-stocks-down/)

[Edwin Lefevre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-lefevre/)

> [It takes a man a long time to learn all the lessons of all of his mistakes. They say there are two sides to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-lefevre/it-takes-a-man-a-long-time-to-learn-all-the-lessons-of-all-of-his/)

[Edwin Lefevre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-lefevre/)

> [The big money in booms is always made first by the public - on paper. And it remains on paper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-lefevre/the-big-money-in-booms-is-always-made-first-by-the-public-on-paper/)

[Edwin Lefevre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-lefevre/)

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