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Edwin Lefevre Quotes - Page 2

And for a sucker play a man gets sucker pay; for the paymaster is on the job and never losses the pay envelope that is coming to you.

And for a sucker play a man gets sucker pay; for the paymaster is on the job and never losses the pay envelope that is coming to you.

Edwin Lefevre
Jobs, Loss, Men
Edwin Lefevre (2013). “Reminiscences of a Stock Operator”, p.178, Lulu Press, Inc

No man can always have adequate reasons for buying or selling stocks daily - or sufficient knowledge to make his play an intelligent play.

Edwin Lefevre
Intelligent, Men, Play
Edwin Lefèvre (2004). “Reminiscences of a Stock Operator”, p.35, John Wiley & Sons

As a matter of fact I trade in accordance to my means and always leave myself an ample margin of safety.

Edwin Lefevre
Mean, Safety, Matter
Edwin Lefèvre (2004). “Reminiscences of a Stock Operator”, p.203, John Wiley & Sons

the public never is independently responsive to news.

Edwin Lefevre
News
Edwin Lefevre (2017). “Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (Harriman Definitive Editions): The classic novel based on the life of legendary stock market speculator Jesse Livermore”, p.80, Harriman House Limited

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

Edwin Lefevre
Men, Want, He Man
"Reminiscences of a Stock Operator". Book by Edwin Lefèvre. Chapter XVII, p. 211, 1923.

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