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If you have a great manager, you want to pay him very well.

— Warren Buffett

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The asset I most value, aside from health, is interesting, diverse, and long-standing friends.

I make no attempt to forecast the general market — my efforts are devoted to finding undervalued securities.

Letters to Shareholders (1957)

People will always try to stop you doing the right thing if it is unconventional.

It's simply to say that managers and investors alike must understand that accounting numbers is the beginning, not the end, of business valuation.

Letters to Shareholders (1957)

Love is the greatest advantage a parent can give.

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But the immensest empire is too narrow for two kings.

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