I cannot tell you how to get rich quickly, but I can tell you how to get poor quickly: by trying to get rich quickly.
Ich kann Ihnen nicht sagen, wie man schnell reich wird; ich kann Ihnen aber sagen, wie man schnell arm wird: indem man namlich versucht, schnell reich zu werden.
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André Kostolany
Born in Budapest in 1906, Kostolany spent 80-plus years in markets from Paris and Frankfurt. His Egg Theory and contrarian philosophy made him Europe's foremost speculator-educator. He died in 1999 at 93.
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André Kostolany's Other Quotes
On the stock exchange, anything is possible, including the opposite.
The rich can speculate; the poor must not; the penniless have no choice but to speculate.
Buy stocks, take sleeping pills, and stop looking at the papers. After many years you will see: you are rich.
Stock market profits are pain money. First comes the pain, then the money.
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