“Rationality is something you get slowly and it has a variable result. But it’s better than not having it.”
Charlie Munger
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“I think a life properly lived is just learn, learn, learn all the time.”
— Charlie Munger Primary source“So you have to figure out what your own aptitudes are. If you play games where other people have the aptitudes and you don’t, you’re going to lose. And that’s as close to certain as any prediction you can make. You have to figure out where you’ve got an edge. And you’ve got to play within your own circle of competence.”
— Charlie Munger Primary source“Invert, always invert”
— Charlie Munger Primary source“In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter) who didn’t read all the time—none, zero. You’d be amazed how much Warren reads—and at how much I read. My children laugh at me. They think I’m a book with a couple of legs sticking out.”
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“Have you something to do tomorrow; do it today.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Creditors have better memories than debtors.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Well done is better than well said.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“It’s just that I’d rather die of drink than of thirst.”
— Ian Fleming Primary source