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Nowhere does history indulge in repetitions so often or so uniformly as in Wall Street.

— Edwin Lefèvre Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923)

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When the man who ought to want a stock doesn't want it, why should I want it?

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923)

People who look for easy money invariably pay for the privilege of proving conclusively that it cannot be found on this sordid earth.

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923)

The speculators deadly enemies are: Ignorance, greed, fear and hope. All the statute books in the world and all the rules of all the Exchanges on earth cannot eliminate these from the human animal.

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923)

When you find that it fails to respond adequately to your buying you don't need any better tip to sell.

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923)

As I have said a thousand times, no manipulation can put stocks down and keep them down.

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923)

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